Table 1 General Characteristics
From: Future medical student practice intentions: the South Africa experience
YEAR 1N = 246 | YEAR 4 N = 188 | YEAR 6 N = 163 | Total N = 597 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Sex | ||||||||
Male | N/A | 82 | 45% | 56 | 35% | 138 | 40% | |
Female | N/A | 100 | 55% | 104 | 65% | 204 | 60% | |
Race | ||||||||
Black | N/A | 119 | 70% | 115 | 72% | 234 | 71% | |
Non-Black | N/A | 52 | 30% | 45 | 28% | 97 | 29% | |
Home Language | ||||||||
English | 40 | 16% | 60 | 32% | 48 | 30% | 148 | 25% |
Afrikaans | 0 | 0% | 1 | 1% | 2 | 1% | 3 | 1% |
Indigenous | 179 | 74% | 126 | 67% | 111 | 69% | 416 | 70% |
Other | 24 | 10% | 1 | 1% | 1 | 1% | 26 | 1% |
Disadvantaged Background (as based on self-identification) | ||||||||
Yes | 92 | 38% | 137 | 24% | 121 | 80% | 350 | 61% |
No | 153 | 62% | 44 | 76% | 30 | 20% | 227 | 39% |
Home Community Size (population) | ||||||||
100,000+ | 51 | 21% | 63 | 41% | 52 | 33% | 166 | 30% |
10,000–99,999 | 130 | 53% | 51 | 34% | 44 | 28% | 225 | 41% |
< 10,000 | 65 | 26% | 38 | 25% | 60 | 38% | 213 | 29% |
Practice Community Size (population) | ||||||||
100,000+ | 87 | 35% | 87 | 48% | 62 | 39% | 236 | 40% |
10,000–99,999 | 127 | 52% | 66 | 37% | 41 | 26% | 234 | 40% |
< 10,000 | 32 | 13% | 27 | 15% | 55 | 35% | 114 | 20% |
Future Specialty | ||||||||
Primary Care | 73 | 30% | 66 | 39% | 57 | 35% | 196 | 34% |
Family Medicine | 33 | 13% | 23 | 14% | 6 | 4% | 62 | 11% |
Non-Primary Care | 143 | 58% | 70 | 42% | 68 | 42% | 281 | 49% |
Undecided | 30 | 12% | 32 | 19% | 36 | 22% | 98 | 17% |