The relationship between self-efficacy and some demographic and socioeconomic variables among Iranian Medical Sciences students

Figures & data

Table 1 Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the participants in the research

Variable		Frequency	Percent
Age	18–20 years	132	37.7
	21–25 years	204	58.3
	26–30 years	14	4
Sex	Female	203	58
	Male	147	42
Marital status	Single	315	90
	Married	35	10
Birthplace	Native	190	54.3
	Non-native	159	45.4
Family income	Unfavorable	25	7.1
	Medium	104	29.7
	Favorable	221	63.1
Housing status	With family	132	38
	Dormitory	194	55.9
	Rental	21	6.1
School	Medical and Dentistry	200	57.1
	Paramedical	120	34.3
	Rehabilitation	30	8.6
Field of study	Medical and Dentistry	120	34.3
	All Bachelor of states(BSc.)	230	65.7
Academic average	Less than 16	134	38.3
	16 and more than 16	128	36.6

Table 2 Relationship between demographic and socioeconomic variables with students’ self-efficacy

Variable		Self-efficacy(M±SD)	P-value
Sex	Female	8.12±61.55	0.238
	Male	9.67±60.44
Marital status	Single	9.51±60.11	0.468
	Married	8.58±60.19
Birthplace	Native	9.06±60.47	0.131
	Non-native	8.13±61.88
Family income	Unfavorable	10.44±55.24	0.001
	Medium	7.65±59.47
	Favorable	8.53±62.51
Housing status	With family	9.83±60.93	0.693
	Dormitory	8.21±61.04
	Rental	4.58±62.66
School	Medical and Dentistry	8.87±62.01	0.016
	Paramedical	6.67±60.45
	Rehabilitation	10.59±57.43
Field of study	Medical and Dentistry	8.41±60.45	0.057
	All Bachelor of states(BSc.)	9.07±62.31
Academic average	Less than 16	8.59±58.81	P<0.001
	16 and more than 16	7.35±62.59

Note: Significance level at p≤0.05 based on t-test and ANOVA tests.

Table 3 Multivariate regression for the relationship between demographic variables and students’ self-efficacy level

Model		Unstandardized coefficients B	SD	Standardized coefficients B	P-value
Constant		53.37	2.41	–	P≤0.001
School	Medical and Dentistry	–	–	–	–
	Paramedical	−2.167	1.09	−1.28	0.048
	Rehabilitation	−4.324	1.70	−1.58	0.012
Family income	Unfavorable	–	–	–	–
	Medium	3	2.03	0.175	0.137
	Favorable	4.82	1.94	0.289	0.014
Academic average	Less than 16	–	–	–	–
	16 and more than 16	3.95	1.011	0.241	P≤0.001

Note: Based on the results, 13% of the self-efficacy dispersion values were explained by the variables in the model.