Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the study sample and likelihood of specializing in psychiatry
From: Attitudes towards psychiatry amongst medical and nursing students in Singapore
| Â | Â | n | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | Mean = 21.27 |  |  |
SD = 3.28 |  |  | |
Gender | Male | 290 | 28.9 |
Female | 712 | 71.1 | |
Ethnicity | Chinese | 754 | 75.2 |
Malay | 141 | 14.1 | |
Indian | 82 | 8.2 | |
Others | 25 | 2.5 | |
Average monthly household income per capita over the past 1 year | Below 2000 | 241 | 24.1 |
2000 to 5999 | 434 | 43.3 | |
6000 and above | 327 | 32.6 | |
Type of student | Medical | 502 | 50.1 |
Nursing | 500 | 49.9 | |
Academic year in course | Year 1 | 308 | 30.7 |
Year 2 | 310 | 30.9 | |
Year 3 | 182 | 18.2 | |
Year 4 & 5 | 202 | 20.2 | |
Psychiatric lecture course evaluation | Have not attended | 355 | 35.4 |
Below average | 20 | 2.0 | |
Average | 186 | 18.6 | |
Above average | 441 | 44.0 | |
Psychiatric placement course evaluation | Have not attended | 510 | 50.9 |
Below average | 9 | 0.9 | |
Average | 69 | 6.9 | |
Above average | 414 | 41.3 | |
Likelihood of specializing in psychiatry | Yes | 218 | 21.8 |
No | 784 | 78.2 |