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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2015 Mar 13;2(3):403–413. doi: 10.1007/s40615-015-0087-x

Table 2.

Characteristics of a national sample of male and female first year medical students attending a stratified sample of 49 US medical schools in 2010

Male (n = 1517) Female (n = 1390) P value
Race .001
    African American 103 (34 %) 198 (66 %)
    White 1517 (52 %) 1390 (48 %)
Parental status .031
    Have children 60 (4.0 %) 38 (2.0 %)
    Do not have children 1558 (96 %) 1550 (98 %)
Age .019
    18–24 491 (31 %) 424 (27 %)
    25–35 orolder 1116 (69 %) 1158 (73 %)
Relationship status .014
    Not in a relationship 666 (41 %) 723 (45.5 %)
    In a relationship 952 (59 %) 865 (55.5 %)
Family income .226
    Low-middle income 370 (24 %) 392 (27 %)
    Upper-middle income 838 (55 %) 765 (52 %)
    Upper income 310 (20 %) 306 (21 %)
Parental education .001
    PhD 585 (36 %) 575 (36 %)
    Masters 378 (23 %) 448 (28 %)
    Bachelors 387 (24 %) 363 (23 %)
    Less than Bachelor degree 266 (16 %) 201 (13 %)
Percentage of loans to finance medical school .964
    More than 50 % loans 1078 (67 %) 1058 (67 %)
    Less than 50 % loans 526 (33 %) 518 (33 %)

Data are provided by the Medical Student CHANGES Study