Chikte U M, Brand A A
Department of Community Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
J Dent Assoc S Afr. 1996 Oct;51(10):641-6.
The present paper investigates the demographic distribution of incoming undergraduate dental students in 5 South African dental schools. Biographical data was acquired in 1992 using a questionnaire administered to students in each of the dental schools. Data for 1994 was obtained from the Department of Health. The students were categorized in terms of population group and gender. Frequency distributions for these categories were computed. The results indicate that there are wide discrepancies with regard to population groups in all schools suggesting a lack of representativeness in terms of the wider population. A number of recommendations are made to redress these imbalances.
本文调查了南非5所牙科学院本科新生的人口统计学分布情况。1992年通过向各牙科学院的学生发放问卷获取了个人资料。1994年的数据则来自卫生部。学生们按照人群类别和性别进行了分类。计算了这些类别的频率分布。结果表明，所有学校在人群类别方面都存在很大差异，这表明在更广泛的人群中缺乏代表性。针对纠正这些不平衡状况提出了一些建议。
