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. 2025 Oct 8;12:1536482. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1536482

Table 1.

Characteristics of 10,901 participants.

Variables number (percent)
Age
16–20 5,868 (53.83)
21–25 4,825 (44.26)
26–40 208 (1.91)
Gender
Female 6,531 (59.91)
Male 4,370 (40.09)
University category
211 Project Universities 692 (6.35)
985 Project Universities 853 (7.82)
Military University 851 (7.81)
Non-985/211 Project Universities 720 (6.6)
The First Batches of Medical Universities 6,473 (59.38)
The Second Batches of Medical Universities 1,312 (12.04)
University
Air Force Medical University 526 (4.83)
Capital Medical University 334 (3.06)
Chongqing Medical University 2,219 (20.36)
Fujian Medical University 2,533 (23.24)
Harbin Medical University 853 (7.82)
Jinggangshan University 706 (6.48)
Mudanjiang Medical College 1,304 (11.96)
Naval Medical University 325 (2.98)
Peking University 369 (3.39)
Southwest Medical University 534 (4.9)
Tongji University 481 (4.41)
Zhengzhou University 674 (6.18)
Others 43 (0.39)
Major
Clinical medicine 8,668 (79.52)
Nursing 572 (5.25)
Phylaxiology 698 (6.4)
Preclinical medicine 658 (6.04)
Stomatology 305 (2.8)
Ethnicity
Ethnic Han 10,190 (93.48)
Minority 711 (6.52)
Only child
No 6,140 (56.33)
Yes 4,761 (43.67)
Grade
Grade 1 3,800 (34.86)
Grade 2 2043 (18.74)
Grade 3 1,666 (15.28)
Grade 4 1869 (17.15)
Grade 5 1,298 (11.91)
Graduate 225 (2.06)
Native place
Country 2,562 (23.5)
Municipality 1,535 (14.08)
Prefecture 2063 (18.92)
Provincial capital 1,127 (10.34)
Town 1,196 (10.97)
Village 2,418 (22.18)
Educational system
Eight-year 1,305 (11.97)
Five-year 7,621 (69.91)
Seven-year 280 (2.57)
Other 1,695 (15.55)
GPA
Top 5% 815 (7.48)
5–20% 2,509 (23.02)
20–50% 3,844 (35.26)
50–80% 2,687 (24.65)
80–100% 1,046 (9.6)
Father’s educational level
Preliminary school 1749 (46.46)
Junior high school 3,800 (34.86)
Senior high school 2,623 (24.06)
Junior college 1,141 (10.47)
Bachelor degree 1,292 (11.85)
Graduate degree 251 (2.3)
Father’s occupation
Civil servant 1,083 (9.93)
Company employee 1,093 (10.03)
Freelance work 2,112 (19.37)
Individual household 1,092 (10.02)
Professional/technical 1,150 (10.55)
Worker/peasant 4,371 (40.1)
Mother’s educational level
Preliminary school 3,180 (29.17)
Junior high school 3,322 (30.47)
Senior high school 2,249 (20.63)
Junior college 1,017 (9.33)
Bachelor degree 959 (8.8)
Graduate degree 174 (1.6)
Mother’s occupation
Civil servant 634 (5.82)
Company employee 1,250 (11.47)
Freelance work 2,982 (26.53)
Individual household 791 (7.26)
Professional/technical 1,363 (12.5)
Worker/peasant 3,971 (36.43)
Learning environment of your schools
Terrible 63 (0.58)
Bad 125 (1.15)
Common 2,284 (20.95)
Good 6,048 (55.48)
Excellent 2,284 (20.95)
Doctor-patients relationship in your hospitals
Terrible 46 (0.42)
Bad 121 (1.11)
Common 2,654 (24.35)
Good 6,190 (56.78)
Excellent 1732 (15.89)
Interests of medicine
Extremely uninterested 65 (0.6)
Uninterested 165 (1.51)
Common 2,654 (24.35)
Interested 6,145 (56.37)
Extremely interested 1872 (17.17)
UWES category
High scores (≥72) 5,572 (51.11)
Low scores (<72) 5,329 (48.89)

GPA, grade point average; UWES, Utrecht Work Engagement Scale.