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Table 4 Association between socio-demographics and Overall Treatment at PPA

From: Perception of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) among corps medical doctors in Nigeria: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Overall Treatment at PPA (n = 399)

Good N (%)

Bad N (%)

P value

Region of deployment

  

0.134

North

60(25.4)

176(74.6)

 

South

31(19.0)

132(81.0)

 

Medical school location

  

0.114

Abroad

21(30.0)

49(70.0)

 

Nigeria

70(21.3)

259(78.7)

 

Sex

  

0.163

Male

40(19.9)

161(80.1)

 

Female

51(25.8)

147(74.2)

 

Marital status

  

0.002

Married

25(37.3)

42(62.7)

 

Single

66(19.9)

266(80.1)

 

Tribe

  

0.710

Hausa

19(27.1)

51(72.9)

 

Igbo

23(21.9)

82(78.1)

 

Yoruba

18(19.6)

74(80.4)

 

Others

31(23.5)

101(76.5)

 

Religion

  

0.024

Christian

52(19.5)

215(80.5)

 

Islam

39(29.5)

93(70.5)

 

Age (years)

  

0.302

23–29

78(22.0)

276(78)

 

30 and above

13(28.9)

32(71.1)

 

Duration in service

  

0.390

Less than 6 months

37(25.2)

110(74.8)

 

6 months and above

54(21.4)

198(78.6)

 

PPA Type

  

0.538

Government

77(23.4)

252(76.6)

 

Non-Government

14(20.0)

56(80)