As a further window on any potential socio-economic influences we also report UMAT performance in relation to background secondary school, rural background or self-identification as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander (ATSI).
Besides completing the knowledge assessment, a number of demographic and educational variables were collected from each participant: age; gender; educational background (secondary school, college, or university degrees); and current educational programme enrolled in (first- or third-year student, internship experiences, chosen specialization [e.g., geriatric nursing, etc.]).
Our partner GGRF piloted an Athletic Scholarship program with a group of 15 secondary school girls from disadvantaged backgrounds who attend the Abba Pascal School for Girls in Sodo, Ethiopia.
Predictors of interest included: university attended, sex, age group, ethnicity, rural living experience, family socioeconomic background (SES), secondary school, student enrollment type, willingness to work in a rural area, and consideration of emigration.
A study of more than 600 11-year-olds, half from ethnic minorities, suggests that there remain important barriers in access to good secondary schools by ethnic background as well as class, say the academics involved.
Their educational background varied from secondary school leavers (Sudan) to BSc psychologists (DRC and Burundi).
Factors such as having studied in a government secondary school, or hailing from a rural background have been shown to be associated with willingness to pursue a rural career in Nepal.
Factors such as having studied in a government secondary school, or hailing from a rural background have been shown to be associated with pursuing a rural career among medical students in Nepal [ 12].
The education background of the patients was mainly secondary school or lower.
