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Table 4 Demographic variables’ effect on institutional inclusiveness survey items

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

Variables

Categories

Median (IQR)

Test Statistic (df)

p-value

Gender

Male (172)

4.0 (0.86)

1.08 (1))

0.299NS

Female (323)

4.0 (0.86)

  

Age group

≤20 (373)

4.0 (0.86)

9.66 (1)

0.002**

> 20 (142)

3.78 (1.0)

  

Ethnic Origin

Africa (40)

3.78 (0.96)

18.75 (4)

0.001**

Asia (135)

3.85 (0.86)

  

Australia (290)

4.0 (0.71)

  

Europe (22)

3.90 (0.89)

  

America (22)

3.46 (1.32)

  

Rurality/Town

Rural (160)

4.0 (0.86)

3.07 (2)

0.215NS

Regional (152)

4.0 (0.86)

  

City (197)

3.85 (0.86)

  

Time lived in Australia

< 1 yr. (73)

3.57 (1.14)

23.48 (5)

0.000***

1-5 yrs. (40)

3.64 (0.96)

  

6-10 yrs. (51)

4.0 (0.86)

  

11-15 yrs. (37)

4.0 (1.29

  

> 15 yrs. (28)

4.14 (1.25)

  

Born in Australia (286)

4.0 (0.71

  

Study year

2014 (137)

3.71 (0.93)

15.25 (3)

0.002**

2015 (105)

4.0 (0.79)

  

2016 (140)

4.0 (0.86)

  

2017 (133)

4.0 (0.71)

  
  1. NS not significant, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001