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Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants

From: Approaches to studying predict academic performance in undergraduate occupational therapy students: a cross-cultural study

Characteristics

Country of study

Australia (n = 376)

Hong Kong (n = 109)

Norwaya (n = 160)

Singaporeb (n = 67)

Total sample (n = 712)

Age group (years)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 15–19

125 (33.2)

31 (28.4)

6 (3.8)

39 (58.2)

201 (28.2)

 20–24

214 (56.9)

69 (63.3)

107 (66.9)

26 (38.8)

416 (58.4)

 25–29

16 (4.3)

8 (7.3)

29 (18.1)

1 (1.5)

54 (7.6)

 30–35

8 (2.1)

0 (0.0)

10 (6.3)

1 (1.5)

19 (2.7)

 36–39

8 (2.1)

1 (0.9)

4 (2.5)

0 (0.0)

13 (1.8)

 >40

5 (1.3)

0 (0.0)

3 (1.9)

0 (0.0)

8 (1.1)

Gender

 Male

44 (11.7)

83 (76.1)

34 (21.3)

5 (7.5)

109 (15.3)

 Female

332 (88.3)

26 (23.9)

126 (78.8)

61 (91.0)

602 (84.6)

Prior education

 Yes

162 (43.1)

27 (24.8)

70 (43.8)

3 (4.5)

262 (36.8)

 No

214 (56.9)

82 (75.2)

90 (56.3)

64 (95.5)

450 (63.2)

 

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

Self-study

13.5 (8.8)

11.8 (7.4)

9.6 (5.4)

17.4 (8.4)

12.7 (8.2)

GPA

3.7 (0.9)

4.5 (1.2)

4.1 (1.2)

4.2 (1.1)

4.0 (1.0)

  1. n = number of participants M Mean, SD Standard Deviation. Self-study is reported as the number of hours engaged in self-studying during a typical week. GPA is reported on a 1–6 scale, where 1 = fail and 6 = excellent
  2. aThe data from Norway included one missing value on the age variable
  3. b The data from Singapore included one missing value on the gender variable