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Table 4 Influence of type of subject on students’ classroom attendance

From: Why do students skip classroom lectures: A single dental school report

Academic year

Subjects you are more likely to skip or be late for their lectures

Total

Gender

Academic average

Male

Female

< 3.75

3.75–4.49

4.50–5.00

2nd year

n = 180

Gross Anatomy

No

79 (43.9%)

30 (39.5%)

49 (47.1%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (33.3%)

78 (44.6%)

Yes

101 (56.1%)

46 (60.5%)

55 (52.9%)

1 (100.0%)

2 (66.6%)

97 (55.4%)

p-value

p = 0.362¥

p = 1.00 F

Biochemistry

No

72 (40.0%)

11 (14.5%)

61 (58.7%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (33.3%)

71 (40.6%)

Yes

108 (60.0%)

65 (85.5%)

43 (41.3%)

1 (100.0%)

2 (66.7%)

104 (59.4%)

p-value

p < 0.001¥*

p = 1.00 F

Histology and Embryology

No

55 (30.6%)

19 (25.0%)

36 (34.6%)

0 (0.0%)

2 (66.7%)

53 (30.0%)

Yes

125 (69.4%)

57 (75.0%)

68 (65.4%)

1 (100.0%)

1 (33.3%)

122 (69.7%)

p-value

p = 0.192¥

p = 0.464 F

Dental Anatomy

No

155 (86.1%)

68 (89.5%)

87 (83.7%)

1 (100.0%)

2 (66.7%)

151 (86.3%)

Yes

25 (13.9%)

8 (10.5%)

17 (16.3%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (33.3%)

24 (13.7%)

p-value

p = 0.285¥

p = 0.455 F

Biomaterials

No

161 (89.4%)

57 (75.0%)

104 (100.0%)

1 (100.0%)

3 (100.0%)

156 (89.1%)

Yes

19 (10.6%)

19 (25.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

19 (10.9%)

p-value

p < 0.001 F*

p = 1.00 F

3rd year

n = 125

Operative Dentistry

No

124 (99.2%)

59 (100.0%)

65 (98.5%)

4 (100.0%)

49 (100.0%)

69 (98.6%)

Yes

1 (0.8%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (1.5%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (1.4%)

p-value

p = 1.00 F

p = 1.00 F

Biomaterials

No

113 (90.4%)

55 (93.2%)

58 (87.9%)

3 (75.0%)

46 (93.9%)

62 (88.6%)

Yes

12 (9.6%)

4 (6.8%)

8 (12.1%)

1 (25.0%)

3 (6.1%)

8 (11.4%)

p-value

p = 0.373 F

p = 0.279 F

Microbiology

No

52 (41.6%)

14 (23.7%)

38 (57.6%)

2 (50.0%)

21 (42.9%)

28 (40.0%)

Yes

73 (58.4%)

45 (76.3%)

28 (42.4%)

2 (50.0%)

28 (57.1%)

42 (60.0%)

p-value

p < 0.001¥*

p = 0.946 F

Oral Histology

No

103 (82.4%)

49 (83.1%)

54 (81.8%)

3 (75.0%)

38 (77.6%)

60 (85.7%)

Yes

22 (17.6%)

10 (16.9%)

12 (18.2%)

1 (25.0%)

11 (22.4%)

10 (14.3%)

p-value

p = 0.857¥

p = 0.383 F

Oral Pathology

No

117 (93.6%)

56 (94.9%)

61 (92.4%)

4 (100.0%)

47 (95.9%)

64 (91.4%)

Yes

8 (6.4%)

3 (5.1%)

5 (7.6%)

0 (0.0%)

2 (4.1%)

6 (8.6%)

p-value

p = 0.721 F

p = 0.595 F

Oral Radiology

No

114 (91.2%)

51 (86.4%)

63 (95.5%)

4 (100.0%)

41 (83.7%)

67 (95.7%)

Yes

11 (8.8%)

8 (13.6%)

3 (4.5%)

0 (0.0%)

8 (16.3%)

3 (4.3%)

p-value

p = 0.113 F

p = 0.098 F

General Pathology

No

100 (80.0%)

46 (78.0%)

54 (81.8%)

4 (100.0%)

35 (71.4%)

59 (84.3%)

Yes

25 (25.0%)

13 (22.0%)

12 (18.2%)

0 (0.0%)

14 (28.6%)

11 (15.7%)

p-value

p = 0.657 F

p = 0.168 F

Pharmacology

No

112 (89.6%)

55 (93.2%)

57 (86.4%)

3 (75.0%)

45 (91.8%)

62 (88.6%)

Yes

13 (10.4%)

4 (6.8%)

9 (13.6%)

1 (25.0%)

4 (8.2%)

8 (11.4%)

p-value

p = 0.251 F

p = 0.608 F

Pain Control

No

125 (100.0%)

59 (100.0%)

59 (100.0%)

4 (100.0%)

49 (100.0%)

70 (100.0%)

Yes

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Academic year

Subjects you are more likely to skip or be late for their lectures

Total

Gender

Academic average

Male

Female

< 3.75

3.75–4.49

4.50–5.00

4th year

n = 90

Operative Dentistry

No

86 (95.6%)

36 (97.3%)

50 (94.3%)

11 (100.0%)

46 (93.9%)

28 (96.6%)

Yes

4 (4.4%)

1 (2.7%)

3 (5.7%)

0 (0.0%)

3 (6.1%)

1 (3.4%)

p-value

p = 0.641 F

p = 1.00 F

Endodontics

No

82 (91.1%)

30 (81.1%)

52 (98.1%)

10 (90.9%)

45 (91.8%)

27 (93.1%)

Yes

8 (8.9%)

7 (18.9%)

1 (1.9%)

1 (9.1%)

4 (8.2%)

2 (6.9%)

p-value

p = 0.008 F*

p = 1.00 F

General Medicine

No

61 (67.8%)

26 (70.3%)

35 (66.0%)

9 (81.8%)

33 (67.3%)

18 (62.1%)

Yes

29 (32.2%)

11 (29.6%)

18 (34.0%)

2 18.2(%)

16 (32.7%)

11 (37.9%)

p-value

p = 0.672¥

p = 0.561 F

Oral Biology

No

88 (97.8%)

35 (94.6%)

53 (100.0%)

10 (90.9%)

48 (98.0%)

29 (100.0%)

Yes

2 (2.2%)

2 (5.4%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (9.1%)

1 (2.0%)

0 (0.0%)

p-value

p = 0.166 F

p = 0.337 F

Periodontics

No

82 (91.1%)

34 (91.9%)

48 (90.6%)

11 (100.0%)

46 (93.9%)

24 (82.8%)

Yes

8 (8.9%)

3 (8.1%)

5 (9.4%)

0 (0.0%)

3 (6.1%)

5 (17.2%)

p-value

p = 1.00 F

p = 0.179 F

Oral Radiology

No

81 (90.0%)

32 (86.5%)

49 (92.5%)

10 (90.9%)

44 (89.8%)

26 (89.7%)

Yes

9 (10.0%)

5 (13.5%)

4 (7.5%)

1 (9.1%)

5 (10.2%)

3 (10.3%)

p-value

p = 0.479 F

p = 1.00 F

Removable Prosthodontics

No

74 (82.2%)

29 (78.4%)

45 (84.9%)

9 (81.8%)

40 (81.6%)

24 (82.8%)

Yes

16 (17.8%)

8 (21.6%)

8 (15.1%)

2 (18.2%)

9 (18.4%)

5 (17.2%)

p-value

p = 0.576¥

p = 1.00 F

Fixed Prosthodontics

No

80 (88.9%)

34 (91.9%)

46 (86.8%)

10 (90.9%)

44 (89.8%)

25 (86.2%)

Yes

10 (11.1%)

3 (8.1%)

7 (13.2%)

1 (9.1%)

5 (10.2%)

4 (13.8%)

p-value

p = 0.516 F

p = 0.889 F

Ethics and Law

No

85 (94.4%)

34 (91.9%)

51 (96.2%)

10 (90.9%)

45 (91.8%)

29 (100.0%)

Yes

5 (5.6%)

3 (8.1%)

2 (3.8%)

1 (9.1%)

4 (8.2%)

0 (0.0%)

p-value

p = 0.398 F

p = 0.30 F

Biostatistics

No

85 (94.4%)

34 (91.9%)

51 (96.2%)

10 (90.9%)

45 (91.8%)

29 (100.0%)

Yes

5 (5.6%)

3 (8.1%)

2 (3.8%)

1 (9.1%)

4 (8.2%)

0 (0.0%)

p-value

p = 0.398 F

p = 0.30 F

General Surgery

No

82 (91.1%)

32 (86.5%)

50 (94.3%)

10 (90.9%)

42 (85.7%)

29 (100.0%)

Yes

8 (8.9%)

5 (13.5%)

3 (5.7%)

1 (9.1%)

7 14.3(%)

0 (0.0%)

p-value

p = 0.266 F

p = 0.073 F

  1. ¥ Chi-square test
  2. F Fisher Exact test
  3. * Statistically significant p < 0.05