Table 4 Personal characteristics of students, Southern Ethiopia
Variables | Category | Academic performance | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Poor | Good | |||
Study hours per day | ≤ 4 hours | 98 (38.7) | 155 (61.3) | 0.0381* |
> 4 hours | 111 (30.7) | 251 (69.3) | ||
Work after school or employed | Yes | 16 (26.7) | 44 (73.3) | 0.2081* |
No | 193 (34.8) | 362 (65.2) | ||
Sleeping hours | Inadequate (< 7 hrs.) | 75 (31.6) | 162 (68.4) | 0.3321 |
Adequate (≥7 hrs.) | 134 (35.4) | 244 (64.6) | ||
English proficiency | Elementary level | 39 (38.2) | 63 (61.8) | 0.0021* |
Pre-intermediate level | 49 (46.2) | 57 (53.8) | ||
Intermediate level | 100 (32.9) | 204 (67.1) | ||
Upper-intermediate level | 15 (20.8) | 57 (79.2) | ||
Advanced level | 6 (19.4) | 25 (80.6) | ||
Class absentees per semester | No absentee | 117 (30.8) | 263 (69.2) | 0.0382 |
≤15 days | 87 (38.3) | 140 (61.7) | ||
≥16 days | 5 (62.5) | 3 (37.5) | ||
Entrance exam score | Very good | 1 (6.7) | 14 (93.3) | < 0.002 |
Good | 31 (16.8) | 154 (83.2) | ||
Satisfactory | 177 (42.7) | 238 (57.3) | ||