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Table 1 Demographic data of the respondents

From: Perceptions of education quality and influence of language barrier: graduation survey of international medical students at four universities in China

 

University A (n)

University B (n)

University C (n)

University D (n)

Total (n/%)

Questionnaire distributed

56

135

69

20

280

Respondents

54

112

35

8

209 (100%)

Gender

 Male

38

80

14

6

138 (66.0%)

 Female

16

32

21

2

71 (34.0%)

Age upon graduation

 Invalid a

0

2

1

0

3 (1.4%)

 22–24

35

55

15

2

107 (51.2%)

 25–27

19

47

19

6

91 (43.5%)

 28–30

0

7

0

0

7 (3.4%)

 31–33

0

1

0

0

1 (0.5%)

Country of origin

 India

38

69

13

2

122 (58.4%)

 Nepal

9

36

0

0

45 (21.5%)

 Bangladesh

4

5

0

0

9 (4.3%)

 Mauritius

0

0

7

0

7 (3.3%)

 Sri Lanka

0

0

7

0

7 (3.3%)

 Thailand

0

0

6

0

6 (2.9%)

 Pakistan

0

2

0

3

5 (2.4%)

 Ghana

0

0

1

1

2 (1.0%)

 Somalia

2

0

0

0

2 (1.0%)

 Afghanistan

0

0

0

1

1 (0.5%)

 Comoros

1

0

0

0

1 (0.5%)

 Indonesia

0

0

1

0

1 (0.5%)

 Jordan

0

0

0

1

1 (0.5%)

  1. Note: a Three respondents accidentally type their graduation year “2019” instead of their age, so their responses to this question were considered as invalid