Table 1. Socio-demographic characteristics and RSES of the students along with p- value.
| Variables | RSES SCORE | Total | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 16 | 16 – 25 | >25 | ||||
| Sex | Male | 22 (17.89%) | 91 (73.98%) | 10 (8.13%) | 123 | 0.037 |
| Female | 12 (21.05%) | 43 (75.44%) | 2 (3.51%) | 57 | ||
| Type of primary schooling | Government | 2 (10%) | 16 (80%) | 2 (10%) | 20 | 0.508 |
| Private | 32 (20%) | 118 (73.75%) | 10 (6.25%) | 160 | ||
| Year of medical college | First year | 6 (17.65%) | 26 (76.47%) | 2 (5.88%) | 34 | 0.660 |
| Second year | 5 (16.13%) | 23 (74.19%) | 3 (9.68%) | 31 | ||
| Third year | 12 (30.77%) | 25 (64.10%) | 2 (5.13%) | 39 | ||
| Fourth year | 5 (14.71%) | 28 (82.35%) | 1 (2.94%) | 34 | ||
| Fifth year | 6 (14.29%) | 32 (76.19%) | 4 (9.52%) | 42 | ||
| Level of education | Pre-clinical | 11 (16.92%) | 49 (75.38%) | 5 (7.69%) | 65 | 0.972 |
| Clinical | 23 (20%) | 85 (73.91%) | 7 (6.09%) | 115 | ||
| Province | Province No. 1 | 1 (9.09%) | 9 (81.82%) | 1 (9.09%) | 11 | 0.939 |
| Province No. 2 | 9 (26.47%) | 23 (67.65%) | 2 (5.88%) | 34 | ||
| Bagmati Province | 13 (16.25%) | 61 (76.25%) | 6 (7.5%) | 80 | ||
| Gandaki Province | 5 (20.83%) | 18 (75.00%) | 1 (4.17%) | 24 | ||
| Lumbini Province | 5 (21.74%) | 16 (69.57%) | 2 (8.7 | 23 | ||
| Karnali Province | 0 (0%) | 3 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 3 | ||
| Sudurpashchim Province | 1 (20.00%) | 4 (80.00%) | 0 (0%) | 5 | ||