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Table 2 Demographic profiles of graduate entrants by type of medicine programme
| Medicine Programme type | 4 year | accelerated 5 yr. course | 5 year | 6 year | significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | 1445 | 75 | 1150 | 45 | |
| Mean age | 24.9b | 25.3b | 23.9a | 24.6a,b | ANOVA, F(3,2715) = 14.7, p < .001 |
| Gender | |||||
| women | 57.1% | 54.7% | 60.1% | 59.6% | |
| men | 42.9% | 45.3% | 39.9% | # | |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| white | 78.8% | 87.8% | 70.1% | 80.9% | Chi-square = 78.3, 15 df, p < .001 |
| Asian | 11.9% | # | 20.0% | # | |
| black | 3.3% | # | 3.4% | # | |
| mixed | 4.5% | # | 2.4% | # | |
| Parental higher education | |||||
| yes | 56.6% | 50.7% | 44.6% | 63.8% | Chi-square = 19.2, 3 df, p < .001 |
| NS-SEC | |||||
| managerial or professional | 67.2% | 68.0% | 63.2% | 54.8% | Chi-square = 49.1, 21 df, p < .001 |
| intermediate occupations | 13.2% | # | 14.0% | # | |
| small employers and own account workers | 1.7% | # | 3.3% | # | |
| lower supervisory | 1.4% | # | 2.3% | # | |
| semi-routine & routine occupations | 16.6% | # | 17.1% | # | |
