Table 2. Distribution of main reasons for medical school choice across Year-1 and Year-4 students.
| Year-1 | Main reason for choice of university | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City | Curriculum | University culture | Selection procedure | ||
| Medical school | VUmc (n = 90) | 20.0% (n = 18) | 7.8% (n = 7) | 10.0% (n = 9) | 62.2% (n = 56) |
| AMC (n = 92) | 15.2% (n = 14) | 5.4% (n = 5) | 9.8% (n = 9) | 69.6% (n = 64) | |
| UMCG (n=122) | 35.2% (n = 43) | 18.0% (n = 22) | 3.3% (n = 4) | 56.9% (n = 53) | |
| Gender | Male (n = 70) | 35.7% (n = 25) | 8.6% (n = 6) | 8.6% (n = 6) | 47.1% (n = 33) |
| Female (n = 234) | 21.4% (n = 50) | 12.0% (n = 28) | 6.8% (n = 16) | 59.8% (n = 140) | |
| Ethnic background | Majority (n = 261) | 24.1% (n = 63) | 11.1% (n = 29) | 6.9% (n = 18) | 57.9% (n = 151) |
| Western minority (n = 22) | 31.8% (n = 7) | 13.6% (n = 3) | 9.1% (n = 2) | 45.5% (n = 10) | |
| Non-Western minority (n = 21) | 23.8% (n = 5) | 9.5% (n = 2) | 9.5% (n = 2) | 57.1% (n = 12) | |
| Having a medical doctor as a parent | Yes (n = 47) | 31.9% (n = 15) | 12.8% (n = 6) | 8.5% (n = 4) | 46.8% (n = 22) |
| No (n = 256) | 23.0% (n = 59) | 10.9% (n = 28) | 7.0% (n = 18) | 59.0% (n = 151) | |
| Being a first-generation university student | Yes (n = 55) | 20.0% (n = 11) | 18.2% (n = 10) | 1.8% (n = 1) | 60.0% (n = 33) |
| No (n = 248) | 25.8% (n = 64) | 9.3% (n = 23) | 8.5% (n = 21) | 56.5% (n = 140) | |
| Area of growing up | City (n =137) | 27.0% (n = 37) | 10.2% (n = 14) | 8.0% (n = 11) | 54.7% (n = 75) |
| Village (n =167) | 22.8% (n = 38) | 12.0% (n = 20) | 6.6% (n = 11) | 58.7% (n = 98) | |
| Total (n = 304) | 24.7% (n = 75) | 11.2% (n = 34) | 7.0% (n = 22) | 56.9% (n = 173) | |
| Year-4 | Main reason for choice of university | ||||
| City | Curriculum | University culture | Selection procedure | ||
| Medical school | VUmc (n = 26) | 19.2% (n = 5) | 3.8% (n = 1) | 3.8% (n = 1) | 73.1% (n = 19) |
| AMC (n = 35) | 14.3% (n = 5) | 14.3% (n = 5) | 11.4% (n = 4) | 60.0% (n = 21) | |
| UMCG (n = 84) | 50.0% (n = 42) | 14.3% (n = 12) | 2.4% (n = 2) | 33.3% (n = 28) | |
| Gender | Male (n = 34) | 32.4% (n = 11) | 14.7% (n = 5) | 5.9% (n = 2) | 47.1% (n = 16) |
| Female (n =111) | 36.9% (n = 41) | 11.7% (n = 13) | 4.5% (n = 5) | 46.8% (n = 52) | |
| Ethnic background | Majority (n =130) | 37.7% (n = 49) | 9.2% (n = 12) | 4.6% (n = 6) | 48.5% (n = 63) |
| Western minority (n=10) | 20.0% (n = 2) | 40.0% (n = 4) | 10.0% (n = 1) | 30.0% (n = 3) | |
| Non-Western minority (n = 5) | 20.0% (n = 1) | 40.0% (n = 2) | 0.0% (n = 0) | 40.0% (n = 2) | |
| Having a medical doctor as a parent | Yes (n =15) | 26.7% (n = 4) | 20.0% (n = 3) | 0.0% (n = 0) | 53.3% (n = 8) |
| No (n =130) | 36.9% (n = 48) | 11.5% (n = 15) | 5.4% (n = 7) | 46.9% (n = 68) | |
| Being a first-generation university student | Yes (n = 31) | 25.8% (n = 8) | 9.7% (n = 3) | 6.5% (n = 2) | 58.1% (n = 18) |
| No (n =113) | 38.9% (n = 44) | 12.4% (n = 14) | 4.4% (n = 5) | 44.2% (n = 50) | |
| Area of growing up | City (n = 54) | 24.1% (n = 13) | 16.7% (n = 9) | 5.6% (n = 3) | 53.7% (n = 29) |
| Village (n = 91) | 42.9% (n = 39) | 9.9% (n = 9) | 4.4% (n = 4) | 42.9% (n = 39) | |
| Total (n = 145) | 36.0% (n = 52) | 12.4% (n = 18) | 4.8% (n = 7) | 46.9% (n = 68) | |