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Table 2 Participants socio-demographic characteristics and mean and standard deviation by course and year of study

From: Cultural competence of Australian dental students

Cohort

BOH1

(n-26)

BOH3

(n-25)

DDS1

(n-90)

DDS4

(n-72)

All

(n-213)

Mean age (years)

20.9

22.5

22.5

26.1

23.5

Male (%)

23.1

36.0

50.0

54.2

46.5

Australia- born (%)

57.7

72.0

45.6

50.0

51.6

Ethnic identification (%)

ā€ƒAustralian

38.5

52.0

26.7

40.3

35.7

ā€ƒEthnic group but more Australian

7.7

12.0

11.1

8.3

9.9

ā€ƒEthnic group Australian equally

15.4

8.0

13.3

5.6

10.3

ā€ƒEthnic group but less Australian

3.8

20.0

7.8

13.9

10.8

ā€ƒEthnic group

34.6

8.0

41.1

30.6

32.9

  1. BOH1 First year Bachelor of Oral Health, BOH3 Final year Bachelor of Oral Health, DDS1 First year Doctor of Dental Surgery, DDS4 Final year Doctor of Dental Surgery