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. 2015 Aug 1;15:122. doi: 10.1186/s12909-015-0396-0

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of 251 final year medical students in Uganda’s universities, 2012–13

Variable Categories N (251) Percentage
Institution: MakCHS* 99 39.4 %
MUST** 54 21.5 %
Gulu 59 23.5 %
KIU*** 39 15.5 %
Sex females 66 26.3 %
males 185 73.7 %
Marital status Single 229 91.2 %
Married 20 8.0 %
Divorced 1 0.4 %
Widowed 1 0.4 %
Perceived Socio-Economic Status Poor 22 8.8 %
Low-middle class 135 54.2 %
Upper middle class 84 33.7 %
Upper class 8 3.2 %

*Makerere University College of Health sciences

**Mbarara University of Science and Technology

***Kampala International University