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. 2021 Oct 11;10:1031. [Version 1] doi: 10.12688/f1000research.72824.1

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