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Table 1 Response rates for the 2009 community service survey

From: Placement, support, and retention of health professionals: national, cross-sectional findings from medical and dental community service officers in South Africa

Characteristics

Total number

Number responded

Response rate

Response rate

1,541

685

44%

Medical school characteristics

Profession

  Medical doctor

1,139

544

48%

  Dental practitioner

402

110

27%

  Profession not indicated

 

31

 

Institution

   

  University of Cape Town

164

73

45%

  University of the Witwatersrand

220

84

38%

  University of KwaZulu-Natal

198

101

51%

  University of Limpopo

193

55

28%

  University of the Free State

108

64

59%

  University of Pretoria

270

101

37%

  University of the Western Cape

88

64

73%

  Stellenbosch University

173

101

58%

  Walter Sisulu University

84

34

40%

  Other

 

6

n/a

Provincial bursary obligation (versus not)

262

142

54%

Allocation choice

   

  First choice

867

368

42%

  Second to fifth choice

443

187

42%

  Sixth to tenth choice

230

117

51%