Brazil’s experiment to expand its medical workforce through private and public schools: Impacts and consequences of the balance of regulatory and market forces in resource-scarce settings

Table 3 Evolution of students’ socio-demographic profile in public and private medical schools

Student SEC	All medical school				Public medical school				Private medical school
	2013		2022		2013		2022		2013		2022
	N	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Self-reported race
‘White’ (Caucasian)	37,786	71.6	148,861	68.7	12,580	59.8	27,259	51.8	25,206	79.4	121,602	74.1
‘Black’ (African origin)	3012	5.7	7535	3.5	2450	11.6	3877	7.4	562	1.8	3658	2.2
‘Pardos’ (mixed race)	10,233	19.4	55,361	25.5	5184	24.6	19,683	37.4	5049	15.9	35,678	21.7
‘Yellow’ (Asian origin)	1597	3.0	4127	1.9	701	3.3	1175	2.2	896	2.8	2952	1.8
‘Indigenous’	164	0.3	900	0.4	117	0.6	586	1.1	47	0.1	314	0.2
Total	52,792	100.0	216,784	100.0	21,032	100.0	52,580	100.0	31,760	100.0	164,204	100.0
Gender
Male	49,506	44.5	94,711	38.6	20,163	49.9	28,608	50.4	29,343	41.5	66,103	35.0
Female	61,692	55.5	150,790	61.4	20,280	50.1	28,173	49.6	41,412	58.5	122,617	65.0
Total	111,198	100.0	245,501	100.0	40,443	100.0	56,781	100.0	70,755	100.0	188,720	100.0
Secondary education
Public	19,293	24.2	78,374	31.9	10,127	35.2	29,024	51.2	9166	17.9	49,350	26.2
Private	60,525	75.8	167,070	68.1	18,616	64.8	27,709	48.8	41,909	82.1	139,361	73.8
Total	79,818	100.0	245,444	100.0	28,743	100.0	56,733	100.0	51,075	100.0	188,711	100.0
Minority reservation places
Yes	5169	4.6	22,145	9.0	5063	12.5	21,557	38.0	106	0.1	588	0.3
No	106,029	95.4	223,356	91.0	35,380	87.5	35,224	62.0	70,649	99.9	188,132	99.7
Total	111,198	100.0	245,501	100.0	40,443	100.0	56,781	100.0	70,755	100.0	188,720	100.0

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