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Table 1 Geographic location lived the longest (i.e., their hometown prior to university study)

From: Student perspectives of extended clinical placements in optometry: a qualitative study

Geographic area (population size)

Participants

Locality 1: Large Capital City (> 350,000)

(20 of 42, 48%)

Locality 2: Outer Metropolitan area or Small Capital City (100,000 to 349,999)

(11 of 42, 26%)

Locality 3: Large Regional Centre (25,000 to 99,000)

(4 of 42, 9%),

Locality 4: Small Regional Centre (10,000 to 24,999)

(1 of 42, 2%)

Locality 5: Rural Area (5000 to 10,000)

(4 of 42, 9%)

Locality 6: Remote Area (< 5000)

(2 of 42, 5%).