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Table 2 Profile of the first- and fifth-year medical students from 11 Latin American countries included in the Red-LIRHUS project

From: Profile and professional expectations of medical students from 11 Latin American countries: the Red-LIRHUS project

Variables

Total

First-year

Fifth-year

pc

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Sociodemographic

 Agea

20.4 (3.0)

19.0 (2.0)

23.2 (2.3)

<0.001d

 Male gender

5224 (47.3)

3365 (46.6)

1859 (48.6)

0.040

 Married/cohabiting

364 (3.3)

153 (2.1)

211 (5.5)

<0.001

 Have children

505 (4.6)

232 (3.3)

273 (7.2)

<0.001

 Born in a rural area

598 (5.7)

412 (6.1)

186 (5.1)

0.045

 Religious

9746 (88.0)

6447 (89.1)

3299 (86.1)

<0.001

 Migrated for medical school

3524 (32.8)

2317 (32.9)

1207 (32.5)

0.695

 Intermediate/advanced english language proficiency

5275 (47.6)

3282 (45.3)

1993 (52.0)

<0.001

 National language-speakerb

887 (8.0)

595 (8.2)

292 (7.6)

0.265

 Relative of a physician

5489 (49.8)

3635 (50.4)

1854 (48.6)

0.073

 Relationship with someone living abroad

9182 (84.9)

6051 (85.7)

3131 (83.5)

0.002

University

 Country

   

<0.001

  Bolivia

1618 (14.6)

1219 (16.8)

399 (10.4)

 

  Chile

606 (5.5)

302 (4.2)

304 (7.9)

 

  Colombia

1423 (12.9)

874 (12.1)

549 (14.3)

 

  Costa Rica

148 (1.3)

137 (1.9)

11 (0.3)

 

  Ecuador

1174 (10.6)

866 (11.9)

308 (8.0)

 

  El Salvador

94 (0.9)

51 (0.7)

43 (1.1)

 

  Honduras

990 (8.9)

556 (7.7)

434 (11.3)

 

  Mexico

201 (1.8)

136 (1.9)

65 (1.7)

 

  Paraguay

156 (1.4)

100 (1.4)

56 (1.5)

 

  Peru

3768 (34.0)

2422 (33.5)

1346 (35.1)

 

  Venezuela

894 (8.1)

575 (7.9)

319 (8.3)

 

Capital city location

3441 (31.1)

2150 (29.7)

1291 (33.7)

<0.001

Publicly funded

7204 (65.1)

4652 (64.3)

2552 (66.6)

0.016

Medical career

 Have failed a class

3334 (30.9)

1790 (25.4)

1544 (41.2)

<0.001

 Satisfied with medical career

9705 (88.7)

6393 (89.3)

3312 (87.6)

0.005

Total

11,072 (100)

7238 (65.4)

3834 (34.6)

 
  1. a Mean and standard deviation
  2. b Native national or regional languages other than Spanish
  3. c Chi square test
  4. d Student’s T test