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Table 1 Sample characteristics and one-way ANOVA analysis and chi-squared test of ability of Chinese medical students

From: Do physicians’ children perform differently in medical education? A multi-center field study in China

Characteristic

n(%)

thinking

score ranking

practice

innovation

self-reported influence of intergenerational transmission

M ± SD

F

P

M ± SD

F

P

\(\:{\chi\:}^{2}\)

P

\(\:{\chi\:}^{2}\)

P

\(\:{\chi\:}^{2}\)

P

Survey points

  

0.06

0.80

 

0.64

0.42

10.90***

0.00

0.54

0.76

0.00

0.99

 BUCM

357(82.26)

48.20 ± 25.45

  

39.34 ± 24.62

        

 NUCM

77(17.74)

49.00 ± 24.65

  

41.86 ± 26.62

        

Who made you choose medicine?

  

2.36

0.10

 

0.35

0.71

0.92

0.63

1.68

0.79

2.02

0.36

 personal preference

331(76.27)

49.37 ± 25.07

  

40.33 ± 25.22

        

 Parents

66(15.21)

47.94 ± 25.43

  

37.68 ± 23.33

        

 Others

37(8.53)

39.89 ± 26.09

  

38.73 ± 25.53

        

School

  

5.21***

0.00

 

1.13

0.34

39.17***

0.00

16.91

0.53

7.10

0.63

 Traditional Chinese Medicine

141(32.49)

52.34 ± 24.88

  

39.79 ± 26.97

        

 Affiliated hospital

63(14.52)

56.49 ± 22.10

  

38.05 ± 24.46

        

 Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina

27(6.22)

50.89 ± 26.50

  

40.04 ± 26.54

        

 Chinese Materia Medica

83(19.12)

43.69 ± 24.91

  

40.57 ± 23.99

        

 Management

50(11.52)

34.24 ± 23.84

  

38.92 ± 19.81

        

 Humanities

14(3.23)

41.50 ± 27.47

  

46.79 ± 29.52

        

 Chinese traditional academy

2(0.46)

41.00 ± 26.87

  

40.00 ± 14.14

        

 Marxist academy

3(0.69)

23.67 ± 25.11

  

66.67 ± 28.87

        

 Nursing

39(8.99)

57.05 ± 21.02

  

33.64 ± 21.85

        

 Life Sciences

12(2.76)

30.92 ± 24.90

  

51.67 ± 26.91

        

Enrolled in the major which is first choice

  

0.02

0.90

 

2.34

0.13

2.64

0.10

3.23

0.20

0.01

0.93

 No

123(28.34)

48.06 ± 26.11

  

36.41 ± 20.10

        

 Yes

311(71.66)

48.43 ± 25.08

  

40.78 ± 26.12

        

Current academic qualifications

  

7.29***

0.01

 

0.01

0.92

11.61***

0.00

1.16

0.561

0.86

0.35

 Graduate student

165(38.02)

44.68 ± 25.50

  

39.66 ± 24.87

        

 Undergraduate student

269(61.98)

51.19 ± 24.80

  

39.89 ± 25.04

        

Sex

  

0.21

0.65

 

1.17

0.28

0.10

0.317

0.39

0.824

0.02

0.90

 Female

328(75.58)

48.02 ± 24.94

  

39.06 ± 25.35

        

 Male

106(24.42)

49.33 ± 26.42

  

42.07 ± 23.59

        

Sibling

  

0.51

0.48

 

0.05

0.83

0.81

0.37

1.11

0.57

5.46*

0.02

 No

253(58.29)

47.61 ± 25.46

  

39.57 ± 24.76

        

 Yes

181(41.71)

49.37 ± 25.07

  

40.10 ± 25.24

        

Type of birthplace

  

1.92

0.17

 

0.09

0.76

0.08

0.78

6.23*

0.04

1.70

0.19

 Rural

188(43.32)

46.42 ± 25.50

  

40.20 ± 24.85

        

 Urban

246(56.68)

49.81 ± 25.08

  

39.48 ± 25.05

        

Economic belt of the birthplace in China

  

0.51

0.48

 

1.10

0.35

0.99

0.80

2.68

0.85

3.33

0.34

 Central

154(35.48)

49.16 ± 24.27

  

39.68 ± 26.64

        

 Eastern

166(38.25)

49.25 ± 25.68

  

37.62 ± 23.45

        

 Western

94(21.66)

46.30 ± 25.10

  

42.94 ± 23.92

        

 Northeastern

20(4.61)

44.15 ± 31.05

  

43.85 ± 27.83

        

Average monthly consumption

  

1.55

0.16

 

0.78

0.59

11.22

0.08

19.40

0.08

3.55

0.74

 Less than 500RMB

8(1.84)

42.88 ± 30.72

  

46.38 ± 29.56

        

 500 ~ 999 RMB

70(16.13)

48.63 ± 24.70

  

38.11 ± 22.63

        

 1000 ~ 1499 RMB

145(33.41)

49.22 ± 23.65

  

40.87 ± 24.03

        

 1500 ~ 1999 RMB

112(25.81)

45.94 ± 25.93

  

41.95 ± 25.07

        

 2000 ~ 2499 RMB

52(11.98)

47.08 ± 24.92

  

34.21 ± 21.78

        

 2500 ~ 2999 RMB

27(6.22)

45.67 ± 26.92

  

39.33 ± 30.97

        

 3000 RMB and above

20(4.61)

63.55 ± 29.55

  

38.25 ± 34.67

        

Medical family background

  

9.52***

0.00

 

0.07

0.79

0.18

0.67

12.28***

0.00

4.42

0.03*

 No

353(81.34)

46.57 ± 25.31

  

39.94 ± 25.23

        

 Yes

81(18.66)

56.09 ± 23.82

  

39.12 ± 23.76

        
  1. Note:*P < 0.05,***P < 0.01
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