Table 1 Profile of 2015 Final Year Students (N = 142) in Study Sample at the NRMSM
From: Towards a culturally competent health professional: a South African case study
Grouping variable | N = 142 | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Home Country | ||
South Africa | 135 | 95.1 |
Botswana | 6 | 4.2 |
Rwanda | 1 | 0.7 |
Home Province (n = 135, non-SA = 7) | ||
KZN | 114 | 84.4 |
Gauteng | 4 | 3.0 |
Eastern Cape | 2 | 1.5 |
Mpumalanga | 6 | 4.4 |
Limpopo North West | 7 2 | 5.2 1.5 |
Age | ||
21–24 years | 97 | 66.2 |
25–29 years | 40 | 28.2 |
30Â years + | 7 | 4.9 |
Not specified | 1 | 0.7 |
Gender | ||
Male | 55 | 38.7 |
Female | 87 | 61.3 |
Ethnicity | ||
SA African | 58 | 40.8 |
SA Asian or Indian | 62 | 43.7 |
SA Coloured | 3 | 2.1 |
SA White | 9 | 6.3 |
(SA) Chinese | 1 | 0.7 |
Botswanan | 6 | 4.2 |
Rwandan | 1 | 0.7 |
Do not wish to say | 2 | 1.4 |
Religion | ||
Christianity | 85 | 59.9 |
Islam | 18 | 12.7 |
Hinduism | 37 | 26.1 |
Traditional African Religions | 0 | 0 |
Judaism | 0 | 0 |
Buddhism | 0 | 0 |
None | 2 | 1.4 |
Do not wish to say | 0 | 0 |
Home Language (alphabetically for 11 SA languages, then 2 foreign languages) | ||
Afrikaans | 1 | 0.7 |
English | 79 | 55.6 |
IsiNdebele | 1 | 0.7 |
IsiXhosa | 1 | 0.7 |
IsiZulu | 39 | 27.5 |
Sepedi | 3 | 2.1 |
Sesotho | 1 | 0.7 |
Setswana | 7 | 4.9 |
SiSwati | 2 | 1.4 |
Tshivenda | 4 | 2.8 |
Xitsonga | 2 | 1.4 |
Ikalanga | 1 | 0.7 |
Kinyarwanda | 1 | 0.7 |
Language of Learning/Teaching (at school) | ||
English | 139 | 97.9 |
IsiZulu | 2 | 1.4 |
Sesotho | 1 | 0.7 |
Number of Languages Spoken | ||
Monolingual (English only) | 52 | 36.6 |
Bilingual | 62 | 43.7 |
Multilingual (three or more) | 28 | 19.7 |