Table 1 Demographic details of a group of senior dental students at Jordan University of Science and Technology (n = 227)
Characteristic | Nationality | Total n(%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jordanians | Malaysians | Gulf States | Syrians, Iraqi and Palestinians | Others | ||
Gender | ||||||
Female | 81 (76%) | 48 (77%) | 15 (60%) | 15 (68%) | 7 (64%) | 166 (73%) |
Male | 26 (24%) | 14 (23%) | 10 (40%) | 7 (32%) | 4 (36%) | 61 (27%) |
Age | ||||||
≤ 25 | 106 (99%) | 62 (100%) | 22 (88%) | 21 (96%) | 11 (100%) | 222 (98%) |
> 25 | 1 (1%) | 0 | 3 (12%) | 1 (4%) | 0 | 5 (2%) |
Marital status | ||||||
Single | 101 (94%) | 60 (97%) | 20 (80%) | 18 (82%) | 11 (100%) | 210 (92%) |
Married | 6 (6%) | 2 (3%) | 5 (20%) | 4 (18%) | 0 | 17 (8%) |
Tuition fee source* | ||||||
Own or parental | 87 (81%) | 1 (2%) | 10 (40%) | 21 (96%) | 5 (46%) | 124 (55%) |
Scholarship | 19 (18%) | 54 (87%) | 9 (36%) | 1 (4%) | 6 (54%) | 89 (39%) |
Loan or other | 1 (1%) | 7 (11%) | 6 (24%) | 0 | 0 | 14 (6%) |
Father’s educational level | ||||||
< high school | 4 (4%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (18%) | 6 (3%) |
High school | 8 (8%) | 14 (23%) | 8 (32%) | 4 (18%) | 1 (9%) | 35 (15%) |
Higher education (undergraduate or postgraduate) | 95 (88%) | 47 (77%) | 27 (68%) | 18 (82%) | 8 (73%) | 186 (82%) |
Mother’s educational level | ||||||
< high school | 3 (3%) | 0 | 5 (20%) | 0 | 1 (9%) | 9 (4%) |
High school | 13 (12%) | 16 (26%) | 5 (20%) | 6 (27%) | 4 (36%) | 44 (19%) |
Higher education (undergraduate or postgraduate) | 91 (85%) | 46 (74%) | 15 (60%) | 16 (73%) | 6 (55%) | 174 (77%) |
Subtotal | 107 (47%) | 62 (27%) | 25 (11%) | 22 (10%) | 11 (5%) | 227 |