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Table 1 Demographic profile of participants

From: Perceptions of intercultural competence and institutional intercultural inclusiveness among first year medical students: a 4-year study

Characteristics

Frequency of participants within each year of study (%)

 
 

2014 (n = 137)

2015 (n = 105)

2016 (n = 141)

2017 (n = 137)

Overall (N = 520)

Gender

Male

34.5

40.0

27.6

40.1

33.8

Female

65.5

60.0

72.4

59.9

62.2

Age group (years)

  ≤ 20

74.9

74.3

74.3

65.5

72.3

  > 20

25.1

25.9

25.7

34.5

27.7

Ethnic Origin

Africa

9.5

11.5

6.4

4.5

7.7

Asia

29.2

22.1

26.4

26.5

26.0

Australia

52.6

58.7

59.3

59.1

56.5

Europe

3.6

4.8

5.0

3.8

4.2

America

5.1

2.9

2.8

6.1

4.2

Rurality/Town

Rural town

19.7

25.6

34.3

34.0

31.0

Regional centre

43.3

35.6

28.3

23.0

29.6

Major city

35.8

38.5

37.7

43.0

38.3

Time lived in Australia

  < 1

2.2

11.4

10.6

11.7

14.0

1–5 years

3.6

8.6

7.8

10.9

7.7

6–10 years

10.2

8.6

10.6

9.5

9.8

11–15 years

10.9

8.6

4.3

5.1

7.3

  > 15

3.6

3.8

8.5

5.8

5.6

Born in Australia

49.6

59.0

58.2

56.2

55.6