Table 2.
Profile of the first- and fifth-year medical students from 11 Latin American countries included in the Red-LIRHUS project
| Variables | Total | First-year | Fifth-year | pc |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Sociodemographic | ||||
| Agea | 20.4 (3.0) | 19.0 (2.0) | 23.2 (2.3) | <0.001d |
| Male gender | 5224 (47.3) | 3365 (46.6) | 1859 (48.6) | 0.040 |
| Married/cohabiting | 364 (3.3) | 153 (2.1) | 211 (5.5) | <0.001 |
| Have children | 505 (4.6) | 232 (3.3) | 273 (7.2) | <0.001 |
| Born in a rural area | 598 (5.7) | 412 (6.1) | 186 (5.1) | 0.045 |
| Religious | 9746 (88.0) | 6447 (89.1) | 3299 (86.1) | <0.001 |
| Migrated for medical school | 3524 (32.8) | 2317 (32.9) | 1207 (32.5) | 0.695 |
| Intermediate/advanced english language proficiency | 5275 (47.6) | 3282 (45.3) | 1993 (52.0) | <0.001 |
| National language-speakerb | 887 (8.0) | 595 (8.2) | 292 (7.6) | 0.265 |
| Relative of a physician | 5489 (49.8) | 3635 (50.4) | 1854 (48.6) | 0.073 |
| Relationship with someone living abroad | 9182 (84.9) | 6051 (85.7) | 3131 (83.5) | 0.002 |
| University | ||||
| Country | <0.001 | |||
| Bolivia | 1618 (14.6) | 1219 (16.8) | 399 (10.4) | |
| Chile | 606 (5.5) | 302 (4.2) | 304 (7.9) | |
| Colombia | 1423 (12.9) | 874 (12.1) | 549 (14.3) | |
| Costa Rica | 148 (1.3) | 137 (1.9) | 11 (0.3) | |
| Ecuador | 1174 (10.6) | 866 (11.9) | 308 (8.0) | |
| El Salvador | 94 (0.9) | 51 (0.7) | 43 (1.1) | |
| Honduras | 990 (8.9) | 556 (7.7) | 434 (11.3) | |
| Mexico | 201 (1.8) | 136 (1.9) | 65 (1.7) | |
| Paraguay | 156 (1.4) | 100 (1.4) | 56 (1.5) | |
| Peru | 3768 (34.0) | 2422 (33.5) | 1346 (35.1) | |
| Venezuela | 894 (8.1) | 575 (7.9) | 319 (8.3) | |
| Capital city location | 3441 (31.1) | 2150 (29.7) | 1291 (33.7) | <0.001 |
| Publicly funded | 7204 (65.1) | 4652 (64.3) | 2552 (66.6) | 0.016 |
| Medical career | ||||
| Have failed a class | 3334 (30.9) | 1790 (25.4) | 1544 (41.2) | <0.001 |
| Satisfied with medical career | 9705 (88.7) | 6393 (89.3) | 3312 (87.6) | 0.005 |
| Total | 11,072 (100) | 7238 (65.4) | 3834 (34.6) | |
a Mean and standard deviation
b Native national or regional languages other than Spanish
c Chi square test
d Student’s T test