Table 1 Shows the demographic characteristics of the participants
Covariates | N (%) |
|---|---|
Gender | |
Male | 671 (45.5%) |
Female | 801 (54.4%) |
Educational level of parents | |
Mother | |
Elementary | 219 (14.9%) |
High school | 314 (21.3%) |
Institute degree | 297 (20.2%) |
University degree | 642 (43.6%) |
Father | |
Elementary | 155 (10.5%) |
High school | 278 (18.9%) |
Institute degree | 181 (12.3%) |
University degree | 858 (58.3%) |
One or both parents are doctors | |
No | 1277 (86.6%) |
Yes | 195 (13.2%) |
Financial status | |
Low | 81 (5.5%) |
Medium | 488 (33.2%) |
Good | 795 (54%) |
Excellent | 108 (7.3%) |
Voluntary experience if any | |
No | 992 (67.4%) |
Yes | 480 (32.6%) |
Study year | |
2nd | 271 (18.4%) |
3rd | 351 (23.8%) |
4th | 390 (26.5%) |
5th | 460 (31.3) |
Last semester grade | |
≤ 70% | 210 (14.3%) |
70—79% | 585 (39.7%) |
80–89% | 590 (40.1%) |
≥ 90% | 87 (5.9%) |
Place of residence | |
Outside Damascus | 976 (66.3%) |
Damascus | 496 (33.7%) |
Living condition | |
House | 1019 (69.2%) |
Flat | 221 (15%) |
University housing | 232 (15.8%) |
Source of income | |
Other | 4 (0.3%) |
The family | 1375 (93.4%) |
Freelance | 93 (6.3%) |
The university | |
Damascus University | 556 (37.8%) |
University of Aleppo | 287 (19.5%) |
Tishreen University | 295 (20%) |
Al-Baath University | 123 (8.4%) |
Syrian Private University | 211 (14.3%) |