Socioeconomic Characteristics of Applicants for Medical Residency in the Unified/ National Health System (SUS) in Ceará, Brazil, for Enrollment in 1997.

Abstract: Purpose: this survey analyzes the socioeconomic characteristics of applicants and their development in the 1996 admissions process for the 1997 SUS/CE Medical residency. Materials and Methods: there hundred and nine socio economic questionnaires were lost accidentally: a total of 284 were evaluated. Additional data were obtained from the admissions test announcement, evaluation of resumes, and published test results. The questionnaires were distributed upon registration, and answers were processed together with the other data using the Epi-Info 6 software for graphics, tables, and statistical analysis. Results: Applicants displayed the following characteristics: male (60,2%), single (59,9%), aged 22 to 26 (55,3%), living with parents (43,7%) living with parents expense (26,4%), owned their own homes (58,5%) owned a car (80,6%). Applicants successfully admitted to the medical school had the following characteristics female (51,8%), single (66,3%), aged 24 to 26 (59,1%), living with parents (53%), unemployed (34,9%), owned their own home(62,7%) and owned a car (89,3%).