Table 1. Participant characteristics*
Characteristics First Year Students N = 760 Final Year Students N = 695
n % n %
Sex Female 558 73.8 522 71.9
Male 202 26.2 173 28.1
Fields of study Medical 445 54.4 457 60.7
Nursing 142 15.0 60 9.5
Midwifery 50 2.3 59 2.3
Other studies** 123 28.2 119 27.5
Nationality Argentinean 658 88.2 662 95.4
Foreign 102 11.8 33 4.6
Age/years 18–24 620 81.3 90 15.6
25–29 94 12.8 493 69.3
> 30 46 5.9 112 15.2
Marital status Single 719 95.8 571 82.9
Civil union/partnership 12 1.3 79 10.9
Married 27 3.0 38 5.4
Children None 708 95.1 648 94.1
Living with Parental family 592 79.0 417 60.4
Partner/children 63 7.19 149 20.8
Alone 55 7.1 86 13.0
Friends 33 4.7 19 3.3
Labour situation Not working 451 60.2 374 53.3
Part-time employee 184 25.1 211 30.2
Independent worker 57 7.3 60 9.0
Full-time employee 49 6.8 32 4.6
Father’s educational level† Low 226 30.2 198 28.8
Middle 330 43.7 277 41.2
High 190 25.9 206 29.7
Mother’s educational level† Low 203 27.5 149 21.2
Middle 381 50.1 362 53.9
High 162 22.3 175 24.7
Sexual debut Yes 609 82.4 661 97.3
Use of condom in sexual debut Yes 527 86.9 604 91.5
Current use of modern contraception Yes 533 89.9 604 92.4
HIV testing Yes 244 33.0 480 68.9

*Missing data not shown **Includes: nutrition (10.2%), radiology (7.7%), physiotherapy (7.2%), and speech therapy (2.4%) †Low: Illiterate, incomplete or complete primary school, incomplete high school; Middle: High school degree, complete or incomplete tertiary education, incomplete university; High: University degree

Int J Med Educ. 2016; 7:95-101; doi: 10.5116/ijme.56e0.74be