Table 1 Coding schemes and descriptive statistics for socio-demographic variables and descriptive statistics for NCEE score and first-year GPA
From: Predictors of first-year GPA of medical students: a longitudinal study of 1285 matriculates in China
Variable | Coding scheme | N (%) | Variable | Coding scheme | N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Female = 1 | 773 (60.2) | Parental annual | <RMB$5,000 = 1 | 143 (11.1) |
|  | Male = 0 | 512 (39.8) | Income†| RMB$5,000-10,000 = 2 | 257 (20.0) |
Ethnicity | Minority = 1 | 32 (2.5) |  | RMB$10,000-20,000 = 3 | 280 (21.8) |
|  | Han = 0 | 1,253 (97.5) |  | RMB$20,000-40,000 = 4 | 260 (20.2) |
Residence | Urban = 1 | 686 (53.4) |  | RMB$40,000-60,000 = 5 | 135 (10.5) |
|  | Rural = 0 | 599 (46.6) |  | RMB$60,000-80,000 = 6 | 47 (3.7) |
NCEE | Repeater = 1 | 131 (10.2) |  | RMB$80,000-100,000 = 7 | 64 (5.0) |
Repetition | Non-repeater = 0 | 1,154 (89.8) |  | >RMB$100,000 = 8 | 62 (4.8) |
Parental Education* | First-generation = 1 | 1,013 (78.8) | NCEE score | Mean (SD) | 587.61 (21.79) |
|  | Non-first-generation = 0 | 272 (21.2) | First-year GPA | Mean (SD) | 77.32 (5.30) |