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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents

From: Prevalence and correlates of bullying in physiotherapy education in Nigeria

Variable

OAU

n (%)

UI

n (%)

UNILAG

n (%)

χ2

p-value

All respondents

n (%)

Gender

 Male

55 (57.3)

17 (34.0)

35 (47.9)

7.175

0.028

107 (48.9)

 Female

41 (42.7)

33 (66.0)

38 (52.1)

  

112 (51.1)

Age

 > 20

2 (2.08)

6 (12.0)

1 (1.37)

  

9 (4.11)

 20–25

91 (94.8)

44 (88.0)

72 (98.6)

14.067

0.007

207 (94.5)

 < 25

3 (3.13)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

  

3 (1.37)

Ethnicity

 Yoruba

85 (88.5)

44 (88.0)

59 (80.8)

  

188 (85.8)

 Igbo

10 (10.4)

5 (10.0)

12 (16.4)

2.493

0.646

27 (12.3)

 Others

1 (1.04)

1 (2.00)

2 (2.74)

  

4 (1.83)

Religion

 Christianity

83 (86.5)

41 (82.0)

51 (69.9)

  

175 (79.8)

 Islam

6 (6.25)

6 (12.0)

10 (13.7)

8.510

0.075

22 (10.1)

 Others

7 (7.29)

3 (6.00)

12 (16.4)

  

22 (10.1)

Educational Level

 400

51 (53.1)

29 (58.0)

29 (39.7)

4.733

0.094

109 (49.8)

 500

45 (46.9)

21 (42.0)

44 (60.3)

  

110 (50.2)

Marital Status

 Single

94 (97.9)

50 (100)

71 (97.3)

1.305

0.521

215 (98.2)

 Married

2 (2.08)

0 (0.00)

2 (2.74)

  

4 (1.83)

  1. OAU Obafemi Awolowo University, UI University of Ibadan, UNILAG University of Lagos