Table 4 Socio-demographic and behavioural correlates of absenteeism (missing more than 8 lecture days) among Hawassa University College of medicine and health science students, June 2013
From: Absenteeism among medical and health science undergraduate students at Hawassa University, Ethiopia
Factors | Missing >8 lecture class days | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | |||
Age (N = 379) | ||||
15-19 | 125 (92.6%) | 10 (7.4%) | 1.00 (Reference) | 0.007 |
20 or more | 210 (86.1%) | 34 (13.9%) | 4.20 (1.48-11.92) | |
Original background (N = 1153) | ||||
Urban | 542 (81.7%) | 121 (18.3%) | 1.00 (Reference) | 0.461 |
Rural | 448 (91.4%) | 42 (8.6%) | 0.65 (0.21-2.01) | |
Type of high school attended (N = 1174) | ||||
Public high school | 825 (88.9%) | 103 (11.1%) | 1.00 (Reference) | 0.869 |
Private high school | 167 (75.9%) | 53 (24.1%) | 1.09 (0.36-3.26) | |
Missionary high school | 16 (61.5%) | 10 (38.5%) | 0.00 | 0.999 |
Entrance exam score range (N = 1097) | ||||
Excellent | 184 (78%) | 52 (22%) | 1.00 (Reference) | |
Very good | 455 (87.8%) | 63 (12.2%) | 0.54 (0.16-1.75) | 0.309 |
Good | 288 (93.2%) | 21 (6.8%) | 0.68 (0.19-2.47) | 0.568 |
Fair | 17 (77.3%) | 5 (22.7%) | 0.64 (0.05-7.89) | 0.729 |
Poor | 7 (58.3%) | 5 (41.7%) | 0.72 (0.04-11.23) | 0.819 |
Mother’s education level (N = 1169) | ||||
Illiterate | 363 (91.4%) | 34 (8.6%) | 1.00 (Reference) | 0.115 |
Literate | 639 (82.8%) | 133 (17.2%) | 4.14 (0.70-24.25) | |
Father’s education level (N = 1171) | ||||
Illiterate | 265 (90.4%) | 28 (9.6%) | 1.00 (Reference) | 0.950 |
Literate | 742 (84.5%) | 136 (15.5%) | 0.94 (0.16-5.41) | |
Dining place of students (N = 1180) | ||||
At the university’s café | 830 (87.6%) | 118 (12.4%) | 1.00 (Reference) | 0.793 |
Outside the university café | 183 (78.9%) | 49 (21.1%) | 0.84 (0.24-2.97) | |
Monthly Pocket money (N = 1168) | ||||
Less than birr 300 | 1.00 (Reference) | 0.085 | ||
More than birr 300 | 2.62 (0.87-7.90) | |||
Field of study (N = 1182) | ||||
Other health sciences | 727 (94.3%) | 44 (5.7%) | 1.00 (Reference) | 0.021 |
Medicine | 289 (70.3%) | 122 (29.7%) | 5.02 (1.27-19.73) | |
Year of study (N = 1187) | 0.330 | |||
1st year | 132 (96.4%) | 5 (3.6%) | 1.00 (Reference) | |
2nd year and above | 888 (84.6%) | 162 (15.4%) | 0.45 (0.09-2.22) | |
Like their field of study (N = 1182) | ||||
Yes | 776 (87.5%) | 111 (12.5%) | 1.00 (Reference) | 0.608 |
No | 239 (81%) | 56 (19%) | 1.32 (0.45-3.82) | |
Class size (N = 1187) | ||||
Small | 505 (79.9%) | 127 (20.1%) | 1.00 (Reference) | 0.647 |
Large | 515 (92.8%) | 40 (7.2%) | 0.71 (0.16-3.011) | |
Cumulative GPA (N = 1187) | ||||
Low | 193 (81.8%) | 43 (18.2%) | 1.00 (Reference) | 0.428 |
High | 827 (87%) | 124 (13%) | 0.55 (0.12-2.38) | |
Use of substance (N = 1144) | ||||
No | 871 (87.6%) | 123 (12.4%) | 1.00 (Reference) | <0.0001 |
Yes | 111 (74%) | 39 (26%) | 18.70 (4.59-76.18) | |