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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of the demographic characteristics of the SPUP and non-SPUP group

From: Participation in a scientific pre-university program and medical students’ interest in an academic career

 

SPUP (N = 71)

non-SPUP (N = 169)

Gender (female)

48 (67.6%)

115 (68%)

Age (Mean (SD))

21.6 (1.8)

23.6 (2.2)

Ethnicity (Dutch)

59 (83.1%)

129 (76.3%)

SES (first generation university students)

15 (21.1%)

50 (29.6%)

Medical docter as a parent

6 (8.5%)

22 (13%)

pu-GPA (Mean (SD))

7.9 (0.5)

7.1 (0.6)

first-year GPA (Mean (SD))

7.1 (0.6)

6.4 (0.7)

  1. Bold numbers indicate a significant difference between the SPUP and non-SPUP group
  2. SPUP Scientific Pre-university Program, SD Standard Deviation, SES Socioeconomic Status, pu-GPA pre-university Grade Point Average