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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of participants (n = 195 responses)

From: Hungry for more: Australian medical students’ competence, attitudes and preferences towards nutrition education

Demographics

N (%)

Gender

 Male

40 (21%)

 Female

151 (77%)

 Unspecified

4 (2%)

Years of age

 17–19 years

15 (8%)

 20–22 years

75 (38%)

 23–25 years

67 (34%)

 26–30 years

29 (15%)

 31–40 years

9 (5%)

Type of medical degree

 Undergraduate

90 (46%)

 Postgraduate

105 (54%)

Medical school

 Monash University

36 (18%)

 Griffith University

35 (18%)

 Deakin University

19 (10%)

 University of Melbourne

14 (7%)

 University of New South Wales

12 (6%)

 University of Queensland

12 (6%)

 University of New England

11 (6%)

 The University of Adelaide

9 (5%)

 University of Newcastle

7 (4%)

 The University of Western Australia

7 (4%)

 Sydney University

6 (3%)

 James Cook University

5 (3%)

 Western Sydney University

4 (2%)

 University of Tasmania

4 (2%)

 University of Notre Dame, WA

4 (2%)

 University of Wollongong

3 (2%)

 Bond University

3 (2%)

 Flinders University

2 (1%)

 Australian National University

1 (1%)

 Curtin University

1 (1%)

 University of Notre Dame, NSW

0 (0%)

 Macquarie University

0 (0%)

Year of Medicine

 1st

30 (15%)

 2nd

68 (35%)

 3rd

29 (15%)

 4th

46 (24%)

 5th

19 (10%)

 6th

3 (2%)

Type of Medical Training

 Pre-Clinical

89 (46%)

 Clinical

89 (46%)

 Mixed

17 (9%)

 Total

195