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. 2014 Jul 23;14:151. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-14-151

Table 1.

Respondent demographics by medical school and year group

Year 1 Respondents
Aberdeen [n = 347] Dundee [n = 213] Edinburgh [n = 345] Glasgow [n = 424] Total [n = 1329] Statistics
Gender, n [%]
 x2 = 7.123
 Female
 208 [59.9]
 136 [63.8]
 211 [61.2]
 227 [54.0]
 782 [59.0]
 d.f. = 3
 Male
 139 [40.1]
 77 [36.2]
 134 [38.8]
 193 [46.0]
 543 [41.0]
 p = 0.068
Age group, years, n [%]
 x2 = 23.786
 ≤21
 295 [85.0]
 190 [89.2]
 326 [94.5]
 355 [83.7]
 1166 [87.7]
 d.f. = 3
 >21
 52 [15.0]
 23 [10.8]
 19 [5.5]
 69 [16.3]
 163 [12.3]
 p ≤ 0.001
Country of birth, n [%]
 x2 = 26.369
 Scotland
 183 [52.9]
 109 [51.7]
 174 [50.7]
 176 [42.3]
 642 [48.8]
 d.f. = 6
 Rest of UK
 89 [25.7]
 59 [28.0]
 108 [31.5]
 174 [41.8]
 430 [32.7]
 p ≤ 0.001
 Other
 74 [21.4]
 43 [20.4]
 61 [17.8]
 66 [15.9]
 244 [18.5]
  
Ethnic group, n [%]
 x2 = 14.956
 White
 293 [84.4]
 179 [85.2]
 259 [74.9]
 347 [83.2]
 1078 [81.7]
 d.f. = 3
 Other
 54 [15.6]
 31 [14.8]
 87 [25.1]
 70 [16.8]
 242 [18.3]
 p = 0.002
Socio-economic status, class, n [%]
 x2 = 7.578
 I and II
 302 [87.5]
 174 [83.7]
 316 [91.3]
 369 [88.5]
 1161 [88.2]
 d.f. = 3
 Other
 43 [12.5]
 34 [16.3]
 30 [8.7]
 48 [11.5]
 155 [11.8]
 p = 0.056
Year 5
 Aberdeen [n = 285]
 Dundee [n = 257]
 Edinburgh [n = 244]
 Glasgow [n = 215]
 Total [n = 1001]
 Statistics
Gender, n [%]
 x2 = 13.056
 Female
 170 [59.6]
 171 [66.5]
 172 [70.5]
 159 [74.0]
 672 [67.1]
 d.f. = 3
 Male
 115 [40.4]
 86 [33.5]
 72 [29.5]
 56 [26.0]
 329 [32.9]
 p = 0.005
Age group, years, n [%]
 x2 = 23.838
 ≤21
 242 [86.4]
 209 [81.3]
 230 [95.4]
 179 [84.0]
 860 [86.8]
 d.f. = 3
 >21
 38 [13.6]
 48 [18.7]
 11 [4.6]
 34 [16.0]
 131 [13.2]
 p ≤ 0.001
Country of birth, n [%]
 x2 = 54.849
 Scotland
 125 [44.2]
 129 [50.0]
 80 [33.3]
 125 [58.4]
 459 [46.1]
 d.f. = 6
 Rest of UK
 83 [29.3]
 93 [36.0]
 121 [50.4]
 63 [29.4]
 360 [36.2]
 p ≤ 0.001
 Other
 75 [26.5]
 36 [14.0]
 39 [16.2]
 26 [12.1]
 176 [17.7]
  
Ethnic group, n [%]
 x2 = 10.949
 White
 225 [80.1]
 214 [84.6]
 192 [78.7]
 189 [89.2]
 820 [82.8]
 d.f. = 3
 Other
 56 [19.9]
 39 [15.4]
 52 [21.3]
 23 [10.8]
 170 [17.2]
 p = 0.012
Socio-economic status, class, n [%]
 x2 = 6.620
 I and II
 226 [83.1]
 219 [87.6]
 215 [89.6]
 174 [82.9]
 834 [85.8]
 d.f. = 3
 Other 46 [16.9] 31 [12.4] 25 [10.4] 36 [17.1] 138 [14.2] p = 0.085