Table 1.
The general demographic characteristics of the participants.
| Demographic characteristics | Medical students Number proportion |
Non-medical students Number proportion |
χ 2 | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||||||
| Men | 52 | 36.36% | 74 | 45.96% | 2.875 | 0.09 |
| Women | 91 | 63.64% | 87 | 54.04% | ||
| Nationality | ||||||
| Han | 134 | 93.71% | 151 | 93.79% | 0.001 | 0.976 |
| Minority | 9 | 6.29% | 10 | 6.21% | ||
| Area | ||||||
| Town | 71 | 49.65% | 70 | 43.49% | 1.160 | 0.281 |
| Country | 72 | 50.35% | 91 | 56.52% | ||
| Grade | ||||||
| Graduate students | 42 | 29.37% | 28 | 17.39% | 24.324 | <0.001** |
| Undergraduate students | 82 | 57.34% | 130 | 80.75% | ||
| Junior students | 19 | 13.29% | 3 | 1.86% | ||
| The highest educational level of parents | ||||||
| College or above | 28 | 19.58% | 43 | 26.71% | 3.712 | 0.294 |
| High-school | 45 | 31.47% | 37 | 22.98% | ||
| Junior high-school | 55 | 38.46% | 63 | 39.13% | ||
| Primary school | 15 | 10.49% | 18 | 11.18% | ||
**Chi-square test for difference between medical students and non-medical students (p < 0.01 considered highly statistically significant).