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Table 4 Demographic profile and background characteristics for respondents at each THEnet school and all participating THEnet schools combined

From: Practice intentions at entry to and exit from medical schools aspiring to social accountability: findings from the Training for Health Equity Network Graduate Outcome Study

 

Ateneo de Zamboanga University

Flinders University

Gezira University

Ghent University

James Cook University

Northern Ontario School of Medicine

University of Philippines

Walter Sisulu University

THEnet schools combined

n/N (%)

n/N (%)

n/N (%)

n/N (%)

n/N (%)

n/N (%)

n/N (%)

n/N (%)

n/N (%)

Mean age

(years; SD)

23.20; 3.086

25.71; 5.744

19.48; 2.734

21.37; 3.657

20.30; 3.809

27.53; 5.716

28.81; 4.081

20.99; 4.498

21.26; 4.413

Femalea

144/219 (65.8)

155/289 (53.6)

360/629 (57.2)

297/458 (64.8)

634/1014 (62.5)

23/30 (76.7)

27/39 (69.2)

387/664 (58.3)

2027/3342 (60.7)

Lowest two quintiles for parent incomea

33/160 (20.6)

64/206 (31.1)

78/385 (20.3)

21/428 (4.9)

141/589 (23.9)

3/26 (11.5)

10/34 (29.4)

267/432 (61.8)

617/2260 (27.3)

Neither parent attended universitya

8/211 (3.7)

37/284 (13.0)

181/605 (29.9)

36/451 (8.0)

131/1009 (13.0)

4/30 (13.3)

5/38 (13.2)

244/649 (37.6)

646/3285 (19.7)

Identify as underserved groupa

33/214 (15.4)

10/255 (3.9)

65/557 (11.7)

64/433 (14.8)

72/877 (8.2)

12/18 (66.7)

1/37 (2.7)

506/616 (82.1)

763/3007 (25.4)

Majority of primary school in remote village, small rural town, or large rural town (quintile 1–3)b

36/215 (16.7)

76/224 (33.9)

113/502 (22.5)

Not applicable

293/776 (37.8)

7/30 (23.3)

23/38 (60.5)

493/657 (75.0)

1041/2442 (42.6)

  1. aData were coded as missing if respondent did not give response, or chose option ‘don’t want to answer question’ or ‘unsure’
  2. bRespondents from Ghent University or those with primary school background in a country other than the country where they attended medical school were excluded from this variable