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. 2019 Jan 16;19:23. doi: 10.1186/s12909-018-1443-4

Table 1.

HAM-Nat results by demographic characteristics, all applicants who sat the HAM-Nat 2012–2015, n = 3511

n zHAMNat
Mean
zHAMNat
SD
p(F) Cohen’s d
Age <.001
 Under 21 2248 −0.084 0.972 ref
 21 and older 1263 0.150 1.028 0.23
Gender <.001
 Female 2296 −0.172 0.951 ref
 Male 1215 0.326 1.006 0.51
Nation .048
 Germany 3388 0.006 0.994 ref
 Other nation 123 −0.175 1.120 −0.17
German is first language <.001
 Yes 2760 0.066 0.987 ref
 No 529 −0.043 0.974 −0.11
 missing 222 −0.721 0.914 −0.83
Applicant/ parent1/ parent2 were born in <.001
 Germany/ Germany/ Germany 2373 0.057 0.917 ref
 Germany/ for. Country/ Germany 314 0.035 0.961 −0.02
 Germany/ for. Country / for. Country 452 0.074 1.061 0.02
 for. Country / for. Country / for. Country 96 −0.050 1.027 −0.11
 missing, miscellaneous combinations 276 −0.649 1.362 −0.61
Parent’s education <.001
 Both parents academic 1353 0.143 0.895 ref
 One parent academic 926 0.048 0.958 −0.10
 Both parents Abitur 194 −0.051 1.005 −0.20
 One parent Abitur 243 −0.100 0.943 −0.26
 No parent Abitur 535 −0.051 1.010 −0.20
 missing 260 −0.678 1.011 −0.86
If academic: Is parent a medical doctor? .069
 At least one parent a medical doctor 830 0.154 1.004 ref
 At least one parent academic but not medical 1449 0.076 0.930 −0.08