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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of medical students

From: Medical students’ attitudes towards and views of general practice careers in Singapore: a cross-sectional survey and qualitative analysis

Demographic variable

N

Percent

School (M = 583)

 NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS YLL)

241

41%

 NTU Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (NTU LKC)

265

45%

 Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS)

77

13%

Clinical training phase (M = 583)

 Preclinical

296

50.8%

 Clinical

287

49.2%

Age group (N = 391)

 Below 21

112

28.6%

 21–25

233

59.6%

 26–30

35

9.0%

 31–35

10

2.6%

 36–40

1

0.3%

Gender (N = 391)

 Male

186

47.6%

 Female

195

49.9%

 Prefer not to say

10

2.6%

Ethnic group (N = 391)

 Chinese

358

91.6%

 Malay

2

0.5%

 Indian

21

5.4%

 Others

10

2.6%

  1. There were approximately 1500, 640, and 320 students enrolled in NUS YLL, NTU LKC, and Duke-NUS, respectively, with an approximate response rate of 16, 41, and 24%. Across the schools, 41% of the students were in the pre-clinical and 59% of the students were in the clinical phases of their study