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Table 5 Student demographics (N = 1652)

From: Predictive validity of the National Benchmark Test and National Senior Certificate for the academic success of first-year medical students at one South African university

Variables

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Race4

 Black

71 (38.8%)

136 (48.6%)

104 (47.1%)

99 (40.6%)

97 (40.2%)

110 (49.3%)

115 (44.2%)

 White

53 (29.0%)

85 (30.4%)

65 (29.4%)

61 (25.0%)

68 (28.2%)

46 (20.6%)

64 (24.6%)

 Coloured

14 (7.7%)

11 (3.9%)

8 (3.6.0%)

17 (7.0%)

18 (7.5%)

12 (5.4%)

21 (8.1%)

 Indian

42 (23.0%)

45 (16.1%)

43 (19.5%)

65 (26.6%)

56 (23.2%)

55 (24.7%)

60 (23.1%)

 Chinese

3 (1.6%)

3 (1.1%)

1 (0.5%)

2 (0.8%)

2 (0.8%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Gender

 Male

67 (37.0%)

101 (36.0%)

94 (42.5%)

103 (42.0%)

113 (47.0%)

113 (51.0%)

130 (50.0%)

 Female

116 (63.0%)

179 (64.0%)

127 (57.5%)

141 (58.0%)

128 (53.0%)

110 (49.0%)

130 (50.0%)

Origin

 Rural

14 (8.0%)

22 (8.0%)

23 (10.4%)

27 (11.1%)

66 (27.0%)*

67 (30.0%)*

62 (24.0%)*

 Urban

149 (81.0%)

237 (85.0%)

191 (86.4%)

211 (86.5%)

164 (68.0%)

151 (68.0%)

192 (74.0%)

 Unknown

20 (11.0%)

21 (7.0%)

7 (3.2%)

6 (2.5%)

11 (5.0%)

5 (2.0%)

6 (2.0%)

School quintile

 1

0 (0.0%)

3 (1.0%)

4 (2.0%)

1 (0.4%)

7 (3.0%)

18 (8.0%)

14 (5.0%)

 2

6 (3.3%)

2 (5.0%)

11 (1.0%)

10 (4.1%)

17 (7.0%)

13 (6.0%)

28 (11.0%)

 3

5 (2.7%)

10 (4.0%)

18 (8.0%)

8 (3.3%)

23 (9.5%)

25 (11.0%)

15 (6.0%)

 4

9 (5.0%)

20 (7.0%)

16 (7.0%)

23 (9.4%)

18 (7.0%)

13 (6.0%)

16 (6.0%)

 5

143 (78.1%)

224 (80.0%)

165 (75.0%)

196 (80.3%)

165 (68.5%)

149 (67.0%)

181 (70.0%)

 Unknown

20 (11.0%)

21 (7.5%)

7 (3.0%)

6 (2.5%)

11 (5.0%)

5 (2.0%)

6 (2.0%)

  1. * Wits University introduced rurality as a selection criterion in 2015