Table 1. Mean empathy score of the students categorized according to their genders and year of education (n=207).
Gender | Frequency (%) | Empathy Score (mean ± SD) | P-Value |
Male | 93 (44.9%) | 96.38 ± 14.45 | 0.004* |
Female | 114 (55.1%) | 102.21 ± 13.30 | |
Year of education | |||
First | 50 (24.15%) | 103.21 ± 13.30 | 0.001** |
Second | 42 (20.2%) | 100.45 ± 11.50 | |
Third | 48 (23.18%) | 101.40 ± 12.90 | |
Fourth | 37 (17.87%) | 97.18 ± 11.18 | |
Fifth | 30 (14.4%) | 92.76 ± 14.26 | |
Career preference | |||
People-oriented | 104 (50.2%) | 104.21 ± 11.41 | 0.00** |
Tech-oriented | 49 (23.6%) | 93.17 ± 14.27 | |
Undecided | 54 (26.1%) | 97.21 ± 12.67 |