McGrath, C

Yeung, CY

Journal of Dental Research

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Title Equity in access to dental-training: gender, ethnic and socialissuesAuthor(s) McGrath, C; Yeung, CYCitationThe 19th Annual Scientific Meeting of the InternationalAssociation for Dental Research (Southeast Asia Division), KohSamui, Thailand, 3-6 September 2004. In Journal of DentalResearch, v. 83 Sp Iss BIssued Date 2004URL http://hdl.handle.net/10722/53953Rights Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong LicenseEquity in access to dental-training: gender, ethnic and social issues C. MCGRATH, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, and C.Y. YEUNG, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China  Objective: To explore variations in the gender, ethnic and social background of Hong Kong dental students compared to other university students. Method: Retrospective analysis of a survey on the backgrounds of full-time students admitted to the University of Hong Kong over a five-year period (1998/9-2002/3). Results: The response rate of the survey was 75.6%. Variations in gender, ethnic and social background were found amongst dental students compared to other students (P<0.05). However, with the exception of gender there was no significant difference between dental and medical students' social backgrounds. Over the five year period the socio-demographic profile of the dental students did not vary significantly with the exception of income of parents background (P<0.05). Logistic regression showed that compared to other students, dental students were more likely to be male (OR=1.50, 95%CI 1.16, 1.95), be born outside Hong Kong (OR=1.45, 95%CI 1.01, 2.08) and having parents with secondary schooling or below (OR=1.54, 95%CI 1.15, 2.07). Conclusion: The gender, ethnic and social background of dental students varies somewhat compared to other university students. However, there is little difference in their socio-demographic profiles compared to medical students. In the most part, the socio-demographic profiles of dental students remained similar over the five year study period.    Education Research  The Preliminary Program for Annual Scientific Meeting, 19th International Association for Dental Research-Southeast Asia Division and 13th Southeast Asia Association for Dental Education (September 3-6, 2004)  

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