Table 1 Distribution of students by socio-demographic and economic characteristics
Characteristics | Number | (%) |
|---|---|---|
Sex | ||
Male | 178 | 74.0 |
Female | 62 | 25.5 |
Age | ||
≤21 | 145 | 60.4 |
>21 | 95 | 39.6 |
Year of study | ||
Pre-medicine | 68 | 28.3 |
Pre-clinical | 91 | 37.9 |
Clinical | 81 | 33.8 |
Religion | ||
Orthodox | 141 | 58.8 |
Protestant | 66 | 27.5 |
Muslim | 23 | 9.6 |
Others | 10 | 4.0 |
Monthly income in Birr | ||
≤400 | 100 | 41.7 |
401–700 | 66 | 27.5 |
≥701 | 74 | 30.8 |
Cumulative grade point average (CGPA) | ||
>3.50 | 70 | 29.2 |
3.00–3.50 | 87 | 36.2 |
2.50–3.00 | 67 | 27.9 |
2.00–2.50 | 15 | 6.2 |
<2.00 | 1 | 0.4 |