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Table 5 Relevant associations of combined education of parents

From: The relevance of educational attainments of parents of medical students for health workforce planning: data from Guiné-Bissau

Combined education of both parents

Sex of students

N

Age of students

Mean

SD

Median

One of the parents did not complete secondary education

Male

38

23.3

1.8

23.0

Female

7

23.7

2.1

22.0

Total

45

23.4

1.9

23.0

One of the parents did not complete post-secondary education

Male

6

20.8

2.1

20.0

Female

6

22.5

2.3

22.5

Total

12

21.7

2.3

20.5

Both parents have some level of complete post-secondary education

Male

9

22.8

1.5

23.0

Female

9

23.0

2.8

22.0

Total

18

22.9

2.2

22.5

  1. ANOVA p = 0.034