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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of study participants

From: Discrimination in an “equal country”—a survey amongst Swedish final-year medical students

 

N (%)

Gender

 Women

147 (59.5)

 Men

97 (39.3)

 Non-binary gender / other /don’t want to state

3 (1.2)

Country of birth

 Sweden

204 (82.6)

 In Scandinaviaa, not Sweden

13 (5.3)

 In Europe, not Scandinavia

14 (5.7)

 Outside Europe

16 (6.5)

Self-perceived ethnicity

 Caucasian

184 (74.5)

 Non-Caucasian

55 (22.3)

 Not sure / don’t want to state

8 (3.2)

Visible religious signs

 No

214 (86.6)

 Yes

23 (9.3)

 Not sure

10 (4.1)

Age (median, IQR)

26 (24–28)

Sexual orientation

 Heterosexual

206 (83.4)

 Bisexual

22 (8.9)

 Homosexual

10 (4.0)

 Other

9 (3.6)

Presence of visible disability

 No

240 (97.2)

 Yes

7 (2.8)

  1. aScandinavia = Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, the Åland Islands and the Faroe Islands