Table 1.
Sociodemographic profile of first- and last-year healthcare and non-healthcare students (n = 789)
|
Variable |
Healthcare |
Non-healthcare |
Total |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-year | Last-year | First-year | Last-year | ||
| Age, n (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
| > 30 years |
19 (7.1) |
14 (7.9) |
28 (12.8) |
20 (16.1) |
81 (10.3) |
| 20–30 years |
159 (59.3) |
157 (88.2) |
93 (42.5) |
103 (83.1) |
512 (64.9) |
| ≤ 19 years |
90 (33.6) |
7 (3.9) |
98 (44.7) |
1 (.8) |
196 (24.8) |
| Total |
268 |
178 |
219 |
124 |
789 |
| Sex, n (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Female |
188 (70.4) |
112 (63.3) |
133 (61.0) |
58 (46.8) |
491 (62.5) |
| Male |
79 (29.6) |
65 (36.7) |
85 (39.0) |
66 (53.2) |
295 (37.5) |
| Total |
267 |
177 |
218 |
124 |
786 |
| Race, n (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
| White |
230 (86.8) |
156 (88.6) |
178 (82.4) |
100 (80.6) |
664 (85.0) |
| Non-white |
35 (13.2) |
20 (11.4) |
38 (17.6) |
24 (19.4) |
117 (15.0) |
| Total |
265 |
176 |
216 |
124 |
781 |
| Housing arrangement, n (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Family |
170 (63.4) |
96 (54.2) |
128 (58.4) |
74 (60.2) |
468 (59.5) |
| Friends |
53 (19.8) |
33 (18.6) |
43 (19.6) |
30 (24.4) |
159 (20.2) |
| Alone |
34 (12.7) |
37 (20.9) |
31 (14.2) |
15 (12.2) |
117 (14.9) |
| n/a |
11 (4.1) |
11 (6.2) |
17 (7.8) |
4 (3.3) |
43 (5.5) |
| Total |
268 |
177 |
219 |
123 |
787 |
| Children, n (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
| No |
241 (89.9) |
165 (92.7) |
185 (84.5) |
107 (86.3) |
698 (88.5) |
| Yes |
18 (6.7) |
12 (6.7) |
28 (12.8) |
14 (11.3) |
72 (9.1) |
| Total |
268 |
178 |
219 |
124 |
789 |
| Paternal age, n (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 37–50 years |
108 (45.2) |
37 (23.3) |
86 (45.5) |
38 (37.3) |
269 (39.0) |
| 51–89 years |
131 (54.8) |
122 (76.7) |
103 (54.5) |
64 (62.7) |
420 (61.0) |
| Total |
239 |
159 |
189 |
102 |
689 |
| Maternal age, n (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 34–50 years |
162 (63.3) |
70 (40.7) |
129 (62.3) |
52 (44.1) |
413 (54.8) |
| 51–88 years |
94 (36.7) |
102 (59.3) |
78 (37.7) |
66 (55.9) |
340 (45.2) |
| Total |
256 |
172 |
207 |
118 |
753 |
| Paternal education, n (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
| < 8 years |
57 (21.3) |
27 (15.2) |
50 (23.0) |
21 (16.9) |
155 (19.7) |
| 8–11 years |
118 (44.2) |
80 (44.9) |
89 (41.0) |
61 (49.2) |
348 (44.3) |
| > 11 years |
92 (34.5) |
71 (39.9) |
78 (35.9) |
42 (33.9) |
283 (36.0) |
| Total |
267 |
178 |
217 |
124 |
786 |
| Maternal education, n (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
| < 8 years |
57 (21.3) |
27 (15.2) |
50 (23.0) |
21 (16.9) |
155 (19.7) |
| 8–11 years |
92 (34.5) |
71 (39.9) |
78 (35.9) |
42 (33.9) |
283 (36.0) |
| > 11 years |
118 (44.2) |
80 (44.9) |
89 (41.0) |
61 (49.2) |
348 (44.3) |
| Total | 267 | 178 | 217 | 124 | 786 |