From: Absenteeism among medical and health science undergraduate students at Hawassa University, Ethiopia
Socio-demographic variables | Number of students who never missed class per semester (%) | Number of students who had missed class 1 to 3 times per semester (%) | Number of students who had missed class 4 times and above per semester (%) | Total | |
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Sex | Male | 248 (25.8) | 376 (39.2) | 336 (35.0) | 960 (78.8%) |
Female | 51 (19.7) | 107 (41.3) | 101 (39.0) | 259 (21.2%) | |
Where they grew up | Urban area | 137 (20.1) | 247 (36.2) | 299 (43.8) | 683 (57.7%) |
Rural area | 150 (29.9) | 220 (43.9) | 131 (26.1) | 501 (42.3%) | |
Religion | Orthodox | 174 (24.6) | 280 (39.5) | 254 (35.9) | 708 (58.4%) |
Protestant | 88 (27.4) | 127 (39.6) | 106 (33.0) | 321 (26.4%) | |
Muslim | 23 (16.9) | 60 (44.1) | 53 (39.0) | 136 (11.2%) | |
Other | 9 (18.8) | 16 (33.3) | 23 (47.9) | 48 (4%) | |
High school | Public school | 263 (27.6) | 389 (40.8) | 301 (31.6) | 953 (79.1%) |
Private school | 24 (10.6) | 87 (38.3) | 116 (51.1) | 227 (18.8%) | |
Missionary school | 6 (23.1) | 3 (11.5) | 17 (65.4) | 26 (2.2%) | |
University entrance examination score range | Excellent | 42 (17.4) | 89 (36.8) | 111 (45.9) | 242 (21.5%) |
Very good | 140 (26.6) | 215 (40.8) | 172 (32.6) | 527 (47%) | |
Good | 83 (25.9) | 141 (43.9) | 97 (30.2) | 321 (28.5%) | |
Fair | 6 (27.3) | 8 (36.4) | 8 (36.4) | 22 (2%) | |
Poor | 3 (25.0) | 2 (16.7) | 7 (58.3) | 12 (1%) | |
Students mother education level | No education | 112 (27.3) | 181 (44.0) | 118 (28.7) | 411 (34.4%) |
Primary | 90 (27.2) | 130 (39.3) | 111 (33.5) | 331 (27.7%) | |
Secondary | 44 (22.0) | 75 (37.5) | 81 (40.5) | 200 (16.7%) | |
Diploma | 24 (15.8) | 50 (32.9) | 78 (51.3) | 152 (12.6%) | |
Degree | 21 (20.6) | 40 (39.2) | 41 (40.2) | 102 (8.5%) | |
Student’s father education level | No education | 82 (27.2) | 132 (43.9) | 87 (28.9) | 301 (25.2%) |
Primary | 84 (28.7) | 121 (41.3) | 88 (30.0) | 293 (24.5%) | |
Secondary | 44 (23.0) | 83 (43.5) | 64 (33.5) | 191 (16%) | |
Diploma | 35 (20.3) | 59 (34.3) | 78 (45.3) | 172 (14.3%) | |
Degree | 45 (18.8) | 86 (36.0) | 108 (45.2) | 239 (20%) | |
Current residence | In the university’s dormitory | 271 (24.2) | 452 (40.3) | 398 (35.5) | 1121 (92.6%) |
Outside the campus at rental house | 19 (33.9) | 21 (37.5) | 16 (28.6) | 56 (4.6%) | |
Outside the campus with family | 7 (21.2) | 9 (27.3) | 17 (51.5) | 33 (2.7%) | |
Money they get monthly from family or relatives | Less than 100 birr | 36 (31.6) | 49 (43.0) | 29 (25.4) | 114 (9.6%) |
100-200 birr | 56 (25.9) | 104 (48.1) | 56 (25.9) | 216 (18.1%) | |
200-300 birr | 80 (29.6) | 105 (38.9) | 85 (31.5) | 270 (22.6%) | |
300-500 birr | 96 (23.2) | 164 (39.7) | 153 (37.1) | 413 (34.6%) | |
More than 500 birr | 26 (14.4) | 56 (31.1) | 98 (54.4) | 180 (15.1%) | |
Place to have meal | At the university’s cafeteria (cafe) | 258 (26.6) | 391 (40.3) | 321 (33.1) | 970 (80.4%) |
Non-café | 38 (16.1) | 89 (37.7) | 109 (46.2) | 236 (19.6%) | |
Field of study | Medicine | 41 (9.6) | 131 (30.8) | 253 (59.5) | 425 (35.1%) |
Nursing | 58 (30.7) | 90 (47.6) | 41 (21.7) | 189 (15.7%) | |
Midwifery | 38 (31.4) | 55 (45.5) | 28 (23.1) | 121 (10%) | |
Medical laboratory technology | 36 (37.5) | 39 (40.6) | 21 (21.9) | 96 (8%) | |
Health officer | 97 (34.6) | 117 (41.8) | 66 (23.6) | 280 (23.2%) | |
Optometry | 15 (24.2) | 30 (48.4) | 17 (27.4) | 62 (5.1%) | |
Environmental | 11 (31.4) | 20 (57.1) | 4 (11.4) | 35 (2.9%) | |
Joined the field of study as per choice | Yes | 202 (23.5) | 334 (38.8) | 325 (37.7) | 861 (70.5%) |
No | 96 (27.4) | 149 (42.5) | 106 (30.2) | 351 (29.5%) | |
Like their field of study | Yes | 229 (25.3) | 363 (40.1) | 313 (34.6) | 905 (75%) |
No | 67 (22.1) | 118 (38.9) | 118 (38.9) | 303 (25%) | |
Year of study | 1st year | 51 (37.2) | 70 (51.1) | 16 (11.7) | 137 (11.3%) |
2nd year | 86 (24.1) | 167 (46.8) | 104 (29.1) | 357 (29.4%) | |
3rd year | 66 (23.2) | 111 (38.9) | 108 (37.9) | 285 (23.4%) | |
4th year | 83 (23.6) | 109 (31.1) | 159 (45.3) | 351 (28.9%) | |
5th year | 13 (14.9) | 26 (29.9) | 48 (55.2) | 87 (7.2%) | |
Social drug use | Khat | 13 (19.4) | 25 (37.3) | 29 (43.3) | 67 (5.7%) |
Cigarette | 5 (26.3) | 3 (15.8) | 11 (57.9) | 19 (1.6%) | |
Shisha | 2 (15.4) | 0 (0.0) | 11 (84.6) | 13 (1.1%) | |
Alcohol | 11 (23.9) | 19 (41.3) | 16 (34.8) | 46 (3.9%) | |
Marijuana/hashish | 1 (8.3) | 2 (16.7) | 9 (75.0) | 12 (1%) | |
Never used | 256 (25.4) | 420 (41.6) | 333 (33.0) | 1009 (86.5%) |