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Table 1 Characteristics of participants stratified by willingness to volunteer and readiness to practicea

From: Willingness to volunteer and readiness to practice of undergraduate medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey in Indonesia

Variable

N (%)

Willingness to volunteer; n(%)

Readiness to practice; n (%)

Unlikely; 2496 (51.3)

Likely; 2374 (48.7)

P-value

Poor; 3964 (81.4)

Good; 906 (18.6)

P-value

Age (years)

20 (19–21)

20 (19–21)

20 (19–21)

0.076b

20 (19–21)

20 (19–21)

0.004b

Sex

 Male

1471 (30.2)

718 (48.8)

753 (51.2)

0.025

1134 (77.1)

337 (22.9)

< 0.001

 Female

3399 (69.8)

1778 (52.3)

1621 (47.7)

 

2830 (83.3)

569 (16.7)

 

Place of residence

N = 4831

      

 Java

4199 (86.9)

2189 (52.1)

2010 (47.9)

< 0.001

3445 (82.0)

754 (18.0)

< 0.001

 Sumatra

237 (4.9)

100 (42.2)

137 (57.8)

 

169 (71.3)

68 (28.7)

 

 Central Indonesiac

103 (2.1)

31 (30.1)

72 (69.9)

 

69 (67.0)

34 (33.0)

 

 Eastern Indonesiad

292 (6.0)

158 (54.1)

134 (45.9)

 

249 (85.3)

43 (14.7)

 

Institution type

N = 4831

      

 Public

2525 (52.3)

1194 (47.3)

1331 (52.7)

< 0.001

1995 (79.0)

530 (21.0)

< 0.001

 Private

2306 (47.7)

1284 (55.7)

1022 (44.3)

 

1937 (84.0)

369 (16.0)

 

Academic level

 Pre-clinical

3925 (80.6)

2023 (51.5)

1902 (48.5)

0.411

3233 (82.4)

692 (17.6)

< 0.001

 Clinical

945 (19.4)

473 (50.1)

472 (49.9)

 

731 (77.4)

214 (22.6)

 

Living withe

 Family

4154 (85.3)

2146 (51.7)

2008 (48.3)

0.352

3401 (81.9)

753 (18.1)

0.084

 Non-family

58 (1.2)

30 (51.7)

28 (48.3)

 

48 (82.8)

10 (17.2)

 

 Alone

658 (13.5)

320 (48.6)

338 (51.4)

 

515 (78.3)

143 (21.7)

 

Number of housemate (people)e

4 (3–5)

4 (3–5)

4 (3–5)

0.679b

4 (3–5)

4 (3–5)

0.646b

Living with children

 Yes

2282 (46.9)

1153 (50.5)

1129 (49.5)

0.341

1879 (82.3)

403 (17.7)

0.112

 No

2588 (53.1)

1343 (51.9)

1245 (48.1)

 

2085 (80.6)

503 (19.4)

 

Living with elderly

 Yes

1155 (23.7)

603 (52.2)

552 (47.8)

0.457

936 (81.0)

219 (19.0)

0.721

 No

3715 (76.3)

1893 (51.0)

1822 (49.0)

 

3028 (81.5)

687 (18.5)

 

Marital status

 Married

21 (0.4)

13 (61.9)

8 (38.1)

0.233f

16 (76.2

5 (23.8)

0.716f

 Not married

4847 (99.5)

2481 (51.2)

2366 (48.8)

 

3946 (81.4)

901 (18.6)

 

 Divorced

2 (0.0)

2 (100)

0 (0.0)

 

2 (100)

0 (0.0)

 

Family income

  ≤ IDR 1,500,000

241 (4.9)

122 (50.6)

119 (49.4)

0.096

178 (73.9)

63 (26.1)

0.016

 IDR 1,500,000-2,500,000

273 (5.6)

153 (56.0)

120 (44.0)

 

227 (83.2)

46 (16.8)

 

 IDR 2,500,000-3,500,000

534 (11.0)

293 (54.9)

241 (45.1)

 

431 (80.7)

103 (19.3)

 

  ≥ IDR 3,500,000

3822 (78.5)

1928 (50.4)

1894 (49.6)

 

3128 (81.8)

694 (18.2)

 

History of chronic ilness

 Yes

316 (6.5)

165 (52.2)

151 (47.8)

0.723

243 (76.9)

73 (23.1)

0.034

 No

4554 (93.5)

2331 (51.2)

2223 (48.8)

 

3721 (81.7)

833 (18.3)

 

Volunteered in health sectors

 Yes

864 (17.7)

323 (37.4)

541 (62.6)

< 0.001

594 (68.8)

270 (31.3)

< 0.001

 No

4006 (82.3)

2173 (54.2)

1833 (45.8)

 

3370 (84.1)

636 (15.9)

 

Volunteered in non-health sectors

 Yes

3149 (64.7)

1454 (46.2)

1695 (53.8)

< 0.001

2460 (78.1)

689 (21.9)

< 0.001

 No

1721 (35.3)

1042 (60.5)

679 (39.5)

 

1504 (87.4)

217 (12.6)

 

Family members diagnosed with COVID-19

 Yes

387 (7.9)

182 (47.0)

205 (53.0)

0.057

302 (78.0)

85 (22.0)

0.200

 No

3831 (78.7)

1958 (51.1)

1873 (48.9)

 

3132 (81.8)

699 (18.2)

 

 Don’t know

652 (13.4)

356 (54.6)

296 (45.4)

 

530 (81.3)

122 (18.7)

 

Physical contacts with COVID-19 patients

 Yes

167 (3.4)

72 (43.1)

95 (56.9)

0.060

127 (76.0)

40 (24.0)

0.045

 No

3618 (74.3)

1850 (51.1)

1768 (48.9)

 

2971 (82.1)

647 (17.9)

 

 Don’t know

1085 (22.3)

574 (52.9)

511 (47.1)

 

866 (79.8)

219 (20.2)

 

Had been a COVID-19 patient

 Yesg

33 (0.7)

13 (39.4)

20 (60.6)

0.228

24 (72.7)

9 (27.3)

0.301

 No

3990 (81.9)

2062 (51.7)

1928 (48.3)

 

3259 (81.7)

731 (18.3)

 

 Don’t know

847 (17.4)

421 (49.7)

426 (50.3)

 

681 (80.4)

166 (19.6)

 
  1. aUnless otherwise stated, data are presented in n (%), mean ± standard deviation, or median (interquartile range), and analysed with chi-square tests; text in bold indicates statistical significance. bStatistical significance derived from Mann-Whitney U test. cIncludes Sulawesi and Kalimantan. dIncludes Bali, Nusa Tenggara, Maluku, and Papua. eDefined as the people living with the respondents at the time of questionnaire completion. fStatistical significance derived from Monte Carlo exact method. gIncludes both confirmed and unconfirmed (suspected or probable) cases. COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019, IDR Indonesian Rupiah