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Table 1 Participant characteristics by vignette patient ethnicity

From: Ethnic bias and clinical decision-making among New Zealand medical students: an observational study

  

CVD vignette

patient ethnicity

Depression vignette

patient ethnicity

  

NZ Euro

Māori

NZ Euro

Māori

Total

Total sample characteristics

Participant Characteristics

Level

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

(%)

Total n = 145

Total n = 142

Total n = 142

Total n = 138

Total n = 287

Total n = 888

Prioritized Ethnicity

European

76 (52)

93 (65)

88 (62)

77 (56)

169 (59)

(51)

Māori

8 (6)

8 (6)

7 (5)

9 (7)

16 (6)

(9)

Pacific

6 (4)

3 (2)

3 (2)

5 (4)

9 (3)

(5)

Asian

54 (37)

34 (24)

42 (30)

44 (32)

88 (31)

(32)

Other

1 (1)

4 (3)

2 (1)

3 (2)

5 (2)

(3)

Age

Median (IQR)

23 (23–24)

24 (23–25)

24 (23–25)

23 (23–25)

24 (23–25)

24

Missing

2 (1)

1 (1)

2 (1)

1 (1)

3 (1)

 

Gender

Male

65 (45)

71 (50)

68 (48)

66 (48)

136 (47)

(47)

Female

80 (55)

71 (50)

74 (52)

72 (52)

151 (53)

(53)

Self-reported SES

Low

2 (1)

6 (4)

2 (1)

6 (4)

8 (3)

 

Lower-middle

22 (15)

24 (17)

25 (18)

21 (15)

46 (16)

 

Middle

48 (33)

36 (25)

43 (30)

41 (30)

84 (29)

 

Upper-middle

44 (30)

44 (31)

46 (32)

42 (30)

88 (31)

 

High

7 (5)

8 (6)

9 (6)

6 (4)

15 (5)

 

Not reportedb

22 (15)

24 (17)

17 (12)

22 (16)

46 (16)

 

Born in NZ

Yes

69 (48)

82 (58)

78 (55)

73 (53)

151 (53)

 

No

54 (37)

36 (25)

47 (33)

43 (31)

90 (31)

 

Not reportedb

22 (15)

24 (17)

17 (12)

22 (16)

46 (16)

 

SDRSa

0

54 (37)

69 (49)

57 (40)

66 (48)

123 (43)

 

1

42 (29)

27 (19)

37 (26)

32 (23)

69 (24)

 

2

18 (12)

15 (11)

21 (15)

12 (9)

33 (11)

 

3

9 (6)

6 (4)

10 (7)

5 (4)

15 (5)

 

4

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 

5

1 (1)

1 (1)

0 (0)

2 (1)

2 (1)

 

Not reportedb

21 (14)

24 (17)

17 (12)

21 (15)

45 (16)

 
  1. aSDRS Social Desirability Response set (0 low social desirability to 5 high social desirability)
  2. bFrequencies for ‘Not reported’ represent individuals who did not reach the final section of the survey tool where these questions were asked, plus one individual who did not complete all questions in the final section