TABLE 2.
Overall respondent demographics and comparisons between preference to return or not return
|
Overall Mean rating ± SD (n = 179) |
Student preferences | P‐value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return | Not return | |||
| Mean rating ± SD (n = 116) | Mean rating ± SD (n = 63) | |||
| Gender, n (%) | ||||
| Male | 81 (45.3) | 56 (69.1) | 25 (30.9) | .270 |
| Female | 98 (54.7) | 60 (61.2) | 38 (38.8) | |
| Year of study, n (%) | ||||
| Year 1 | 52 (29.1) | 35 (67.3) | 17 (32.7) | |
| Year 2 | 47 (26.3) | 22 (46.8) | 25 (53.2) | .015 |
| Year 3 | 31 (17.3) | 21 (67.7) | 10 (32.3) | |
| Year 4 | 49 (27.4) | 38 (77.6) | 11 (22.4) | |
| Age | 27.8 (3.1) | 28.2 (3.2) | 27.2 (2.8) | .046 |
| Marital status, n (%) | ||||
| Married | 32 (18.2) | 22 (68.8) | 10 (31.3) | .553 |
| Not married | 144 (81.8) | 91 (63.2) | 53 (36.8) | |
| Have children, n (%) | ||||
| Yes | 12 (6.8) | 9 (75.0) | 3 (25.0) | .419 |
| No | 164 (93.2) | 104 (63.4) | 60 (36.6) | |
| Citizenship, n (%) | ||||
| Singaporean | 126 (71.6) | 81 (64.3) | 45 (35.7) | .528 |
| Singapore Permanent Resident (SG) permanent resident | 13 (7.4) | 10 (76.9) | 3 (23.1) | |
| Other | 37 (21.0) | 22 (59.5) | 15 (40.5) | |
| Lives with at least 1 parent, n (%) | ||||
| Yes | 113 (63.8) | 75 (66.4) | 38 (33.6) | .468 |
| No | 64 (36.2) | 39 (60.9) | 25 (39.1) | |
All percentages are displayed as valid percentages (where non‐responders are not included in denominator).
Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.