Table 1 Profile of medical students
From: Risk factors associated with academic difficulty in an Australian regionally located medical school
Characteristic | No of students | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|---|
Age at commencement of study | ||
≤ 19 | 823 | 75 |
> 19 | 274 | 25 |
Origin | ||
Domestic | 958 | 87.3 |
International | 139 | 12.7 |
First in Family | ||
No | 813 | 74 |
Yes | 284 | 26 |
Indigenous Status | ||
Non-Indigenous | 1070 | 97.5 |
Indigenous | 27 | 2.5 |
Gender | ||
Male | 462 | 42 |
Female | 635 | 58 |
NESB | ||
English Speaking | 922 | 80.2 |
Non-English Speaking | 226 | 19.8 |
SES | ||
Low | 251 | 22.9 |
Medium | 675 | 61.5 |
High | 171 | 15.6 |
ASGC | ||
Major cities | 265 | 24.1 |
Inner Regional | 180 | 16.4 |
Outer Regional | 614 | 56.0 |
Remote | 23 | 2.1 |
Very Remote | 15 | 1.4 |