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Table 2 Demographic profiles of graduate entrants by type of medicine programme

From: Impact of accelerated, graduate-entry medicine courses: a comparison of profile, success, and specialty destination between graduate entrants to accelerated or standard medicine courses in UK

Medicine Programme type

4 year

accelerated 5 yr. course

5 year

6 year

significance

Number

1445

75

1150

45

 

Mean age

24.9b

25.3b

23.9a

24.6a,b

ANOVA, F(3,2715) = 14.7, p < .001

Gender

    women

57.1%

54.7%

60.1%

59.6%

 

    men

42.9%

45.3%

39.9%

#

 

Ethnicity

    white

78.8%

87.8%

70.1%

80.9%

Chi-square = 78.3, 15 df, p < .001

    Asian

11.9%

#

20.0%

#

 

    black

3.3%

#

3.4%

#

 

    mixed

4.5%

#

2.4%

#

 

Parental higher education

    yes

56.6%

50.7%

44.6%

63.8%

Chi-square = 19.2, 3 df, p < .001

NS-SEC

    managerial or professional

67.2%

68.0%

63.2%

54.8%

Chi-square = 49.1, 21 df, p < .001

    intermediate occupations

13.2%

#

14.0%

#

 

    small employers and own account workers

1.7%

#

3.3%

#

 

    lower supervisory

1.4%

#

2.3%

#

 

    semi-routine & routine occupations

16.6%

#

17.1%

#

 
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