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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of study participants

From: Medical students’ knowledge of race-related history reveals areas for improvement in achieving health equity

Variable

Characteristic

Number

Percent

Gender

Female

84

50.60%

Male

67

40.36%

Nonbinary

2

1.20%

Trans Male

1

0.60%

Prefer Not To Answer

12

7.23%

Ethnicity

Asian Only

36

21.69%

Black/African American Only

17

10.24%

Latino/Latina Only

6

3.61%

Multiracial

21

12.65%

White Only

77

46.39%

Prefer Not To Answer

9

5.42%

Year*

MS1

54

32.53%

MS2

40

24.10%

MS3

40

24.10%

MS4

27

16.27%

Prefer Not To Answer

5

3.01%

College Major

Both

13

7.83%

Humanities

31

18.67%

STEM

107

64.46%

Prefer Not To Answer

15

9.04%

  1. *PhD students are considered as MS2s. Research/scholarly year students between MS3 and MS4 are considered MS3s