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Table 3 Comparison of individual and familial sociodemographic characteristics according to the NRE achievement (ranking in the top 1500 students in the NRE)

From: Does socioeconomic status have any influence on success at the national ranking exam?, a prospective survey

 

National ranking < 1500 n = 29

National ranking > 1500 n = 71

p

Individual characteristics

High school diploma grade

  

0.01

 None

0.0% (0)

2.8% (2)

 

 Grade C

13.8% (4)

29.6% (21)

 

 Grade B

24.1% (7)

40.8% (29)

 

 Grade A

62.1% (18)

26.8% (19)

 

Pass in first-year medical school exams at first attempta

72.4% (21)

29.6% (21)

< 0.001

Student jobb

10.3% (3)

16.9% (12)

0.54

Grant holder

3.4% (1)

16.9% (12)

0.10

Regular sporting activity

44.8% (13)

39.4% (28)

0.62

Living as a couple

48.3% (14)

50.7% (36)

0.83

Living with parents

31.0% (9)

22.5% (16)

0.45

Commute > 30 min

3.4% (1)

14.1% (10)

0.11

Private lectures

89.7% (26)

69.0% (49)

0.04

Familial characteristics

 Parental professions

  

0.92

 Neither parent in high socio-professional category

20.7% (6)

21.1% (15)

 

 1 parent in high socio-professional category

37.9% (11)

32.4% (23)

 

 Both parents in high socio-professional category

41.4% (12)

46.5% (33)

 

1 parent unemployed

3.4% (1)

4.2% (3)

1.0

1 parent is a doctor (MD)

20.7% (6)

7.0% (5)

0.07

1 sibling in the medical profession

3.4% (1)

9.9% (7)

0.43

  1. a One student switched to medical studies from another subject. He was considered as having had to repeat the first-year medical examinations
  2. b The student job was done in parallel with the medical studies, during the fourth and fifth years of medical training. No student reported having a paid job during the sixth year of medical training