TABLE 3.

Social accountability practice characteristics for the total sample and by medical school qualification.

Length of time working at district hospital§	Total		Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine		Other South African schools†		Non-South African schools‡
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Less than 5 years	170	74	67	39	46	27	57	34
More than 5 years	33	14	8	24	11	33	14	42
Bursary obligation	86	38	54	63	20	23	12	14
Intention to stay¶	68	29	24	36	16	24	28	41

^†, University of Cape Town Medical School (Cape Town), University of the Free State (Free State), Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (Medunsa), University of Pretoria (Pretoria), Stellenbosch University (Cape Town), Walter Sisulu University (Mthatha), University of the Witwatersrand (Pretoria).

^‡, Democratic Republic of the Congo (university specific name not identified), Makere University School of Medicine (Kampala, Uganda), University of Lagos (Lagos, Nigeria), Medical School of Tunis (Tunis, Tunisia) and the University of Zimbabwe (Harare, Zimbabwe).

^§, missing, N = 28.

^¶, missing, N = 24.