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Table 2 Demographic data of the respondents (n = 445)

From: Specialty preferences of studying-abroad medical students from low- and middle-income countries

 

n

%

Gender

  

Male

231

51.9%

Female

214

48.1%

Age

  

18–20

140

31.5%

21–23

204

45.8%

24–26

81

18.2%

≥ 27

20

4.5%

Year of study

  

2nd year

135

30.3%

3rd year

97

21.8%

4th year

67

15.1%

5th year

65

14.6%

Final year

81

18.2%

Current residence

  

Home country

333

74.8%

China

105

23.6%

Other place

7

1.6%

Country of origin

  

Asian countries

338

76.0%

India

169

 

Pakistan

105

 

Bangladesh

37

 

Nepal

23

 

Afghanistan

3

 

Syrian Arab Republic

1

 

African countries

107

24.0%

Nigeria

24

 

Ghana

13

 

Zimbabwe

13

 

Tanzania

11

 

Zambia

10

 

Gambia

5

 

South Africa

5

 

Somalia

4

 

Malawi

3

 

Burundi

2

 

Ethiopia

2

 

Morocco

2

 

Sierra Leone

2

 

Sudan

2

 

Botswana

1

 

Chad

1

 

Comoros

1

 

Congo, REP.

1

 

Gabon

1

 

Kenya

1

 

Lesotho

1

 

Mozambique

1

 

South Sudan

1

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