Table 5 Distributions of response variable “I have invited faculty members (my institution/ other institutions) to be “friends”" by the characteristics of dental undergraduate students from Finland and Malaysia
Variables | No n (%) | Yes n (%) | Total | P-value of chi-square test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | < 0.001 | |||
Finland | 179 (88.2) | 24 (11.8) | 203 (100) | |
Malaysia | 116 (26.4) | 324 (73.6) | 440 (100) | |
Age | < 0.001 | |||
23 or younger | 148 (37.7) | 245 (62.3) | 393 (100) | |
24 or older | 147 (58.8) | 103 (41.2) | 250 (100) | |
Sex | 0.475 | |||
Male | 65 (43.3) | 85 (56.7) | 150 (100) | |
Female | 230 (46.7) | 263 (53.3) | 493 (100) | |
Year in dental school | 0.017 | |||
1–3 years | 177 (50.1) | 176 (49.9) | 353 (100) | |
4–5 years | 118 (40.7) | 172 (59.3) | 290 (100) | |
Hours a week using SM | 0.033 | |||
Less than 10 h | 86 (39.6) | 131 (60.4) | 217 (100) | |
11–15 h | 79 (55.2) | 64 (44.8) | 143 (100) | |
16–20 h | 53 (44.2) | 67 (55.8) | 120 (100) | |
More than 20 h | 77 (47.2) | 86 (52.8) | 163 (100) | |
Importance of communicating issues relating to dental training | 0.001 | |||
Less important | 181 (52.2) | 166 (47.8) | 347 (100) | |
Very important | 114 (38.5) | 182 (61.5) | 296 (100) | |
Total | 295 (45.9) | 348 (54.1) | 643(100) |