Table 5.

Reasons for failure among the village doctors who failed the exam (n = 613^a)

The most important reasons for failing the exam	Numbers	Percentage (%)
Written test was too difficult	217	35.40
Too old to study	195	31.81
Technical test was too difficult	23	3.75
Lacking targeted training	65	10.60
Not meeting the prerequisite for exam	56	9.14
Too busy to study	35	5.71
Not paying much attention to the exam	5	0.82
Other	17	2.77
Total	613	100.00

^aNumber of actual responses