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.