Table 1 Participant demographics and prior research experience
From: Motivating medical students to do research: a mixed methods study using Self-Determination Theory
Year 1 (n = 181) | Year 2 (n = 119) | Year 3 (n = 86) | Year 4 (n = 56) | Year 5 (n = 137) | Total sample (n = 579) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex number (%) | ||||||
males | 79 (43.6 %) | 54 (45.4 %) | 37 (43.0 %) | 19 (33.9 %) | 55 (40.1 %) | 244 (42.1 %) |
females | 102 (56.4 %) | 65 (54.6 %) | 49 (57.0 %) | 37 (66.1 %) | 82 (59.9 %) | 335 (57.9 %) |
Age of student number (%) | ||||||
<20 yrs | 144 (79.6 %) | 67 (58.3 %) | 81 (94.2 %) | 49 (87.5 %) | 115 (83.9 %) | 456 (80.4 %) |
21-24 yrs | 18 (9.9 %) | 39 (33.9 %) | 1 (1.2 %) | 4 (7.1 %) | 16 (11.7 %) | 78 (13.8 %) |
25-29 yrs | 6 (3.3 %) | 7 (6.1 %) | 2 (2.3) | -- | -- | 15 (2.6 %) |
30-34 yrs | 4 (2.2 %) | -- | -- | 2 (3.6 %) | 1 (0.7 %) | 7 (1.2 %) |
35-39 yrs | 4 (2.2 %) | -- | 2 (2.3 %) | -- | 1 (0.7 %) | 7 (1.2 %) |
40+ yrs | 2 (1.1 %) | 2 (1.7 %) | -- | -- | -- | 4 (0.7 %) |
Prior research experience number (%) | ||||||
yes | 15 (8.3 %) | 6 (5.0 %) | 9 (10.5 %) | 3 (5.4 %) | 10 (7.3 %) | 43 (7.4 %) |
no | 165 (91.2 %) | 109 (91.6 %) | 77 (89.5 %) | 53 (94.6 %) | 127 (92.7 %) | 531 (91.7 %) |