Empathy in Undergraduate Medical Students of Bangladesh: Psychometric Analysis and Differences by Gender, Academic Year, and Specialty Preferences

Table 2

Socio-demographic characteristics of the participants.

Characteristics	Number of students	Number of responders	Response rate (%)
Academic Year
1st	100	98	98
2nd	88	82	93.18
3rd	86	59	68.60
4th	77	69	89.61
5th	75	40	53.33
Gender
Male	135	104	77.04
Female	291	244	83.85