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Table 1 Characteristics of medical students

From: Motivation and academic performance of medical students from ethnic minorities and majority: a comparative study

 

Dutch majority

Western minority

non-Western minority

Ethnicity missing

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Students

507

58.1

55

6.3

94

10.8

217

24.9

Gender (male)

117

23.1

13

23.6

28

29.8

60

27.6

Age:

 Pre-clinical education - Mean (SD)

 Clinical education - Mean (SD)

248

258

19.65 (1.84)

24.18 (2.36)

28

27

20.54 (2.17)

24.30 (2.85)

48

46

20.42 (2.99)

24.24 (3.02)

114

103

20.56 (2.67)

24.14 (2.24)

First generation university student

255

50.3

14

25.5

61

64.9

Urban background

231

45.7

31

57.4

69

73.4

Living situation (with parents)

121

23.9

11

20.4

45

47.9

Parent is a medical doctor

72

14.3

11

20

9

9.6

Language spoken with parents (two or more languages)

 

21

38.2

56

59.6

  1. -: missing, †: not applicable, SD standard deviation