Table 1 Characteristic of final-year Malaysian dental student Respondents, 2013/14 ( n = 356)
From: Students’ motivation to study dentistry in Malaysia: an analysis using confirmatory factor analysis
Characteristics | Groups | n | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Men | 103 | 28.9 |
Women | 253 | 71.1 | |
Age group | <24 years | 134 | 37.6 |
24 years | 169 | 47.5 | |
>24 years | 53 | 14.9 | |
Ethnicity | Malay | 195 | 54.8 |
Chinese | 129 | 36.2 | |
Others | 32 | 9.0 | |
Family income | Low | 88 | 24.7 |
Middle | 136 | 38.2 | |
High | 109 | 30.6 | |
Missing | 23 | 6.5 | |
School sector | Government | 273 | 76.7 |
Private | 83 | 23.3 | |
School type | New | 197 | 55.3 |
Established | 159 | 44.7 |