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Table 1 Participant’s demographic information

From: A multi-institutional and cross-sectional study on empathy in Chinese medical students: differences by student cadre or not, future career preference, and father’s education status

Variables

Fudan Universtiy

Jiaotong University

Tongji University

Total

Total

176 (33.78%)

196 (37.62%)

149 (28.60%)

521 (100.00%)

Gender

 Male

67 (12.86%)

62 (11.90%)

54 (10.36%)

183 (35.12%)

 Female

109 (20.92%)

134 (25.72%)

95 (18.23%)

338 (64.88%)

Age (years)

 < 20

51 (9.79%)

73 (14.01%)

62 (11.90%)

186 (35.70%)

 20–22

120 (23.03%)

108 (20.73%)

74 (14.20%)

302 (57.97%)

 23–25

4 (0.77%)

15 (2.88%)

10 (1.92%)

29 (5.57%)

 > 25

1 (0.19%)

0 (0.00%)

3 (0.58%)

4 (0.77%)

Medical school year

 1st year

29 (5.57%)

46 (8.83%)

39 (7.49%)

114 (21.88%)

 2nd year

47 (9.02%)

82 (15.74%)

62 (11.90%)

191 (36.66%)

 3rd year

62 (11.90%)

28 (5.37%)

36 (6.91%)

126 (24.18%)

 4th year

32 (6.14%)

32 (6.14%)

9 (1.73%)

73 (14.01%)

 5th year and above

6 (1.15%)

8 (1.54%)

3 (0.58%)

17 (3.26%)