Table 5 Association between cover letter readability index and participants’ characteristics
Variable (n = 206) | Level | Cover letter readability index | X2 | Strength of association | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Less than 7 | 7 to 12 | More 12 | |||||
Gender | Female, 129 Male, 75 Not provided,2 | 25 (19.4%) 23 (30.7%) 2 (100%) | 64 (49.6%) 38 (50.7) 0 | 40 (31%) 14 (18.7%) 0 | 11.56 | 0.24 | 0.021 |
Newly graduated | Yes,72 No,132 Not provided, 2 | 15 (20.8) 33 (25) 2 (100) | 33 (45.8) 69 (52.3) 0 | 24 (33.3) 30 (22.7) 0 | 9.02 | 0.21 | 0.061 |
Experience list included | Yes, 126 No, 78 Incomplete, 2 | 36 (28.6) 12 (15.4) 2 (100) | 62 (49.2) 40 (51.3) 0 | 28 (22.2) 26 (33.3) 0 | 12.1 | 0.24 | 0.017* |
Skills List included | Yes, No, | 96 (50) 3 (25) | 45 (23.4) 6(50) | 51 (26.6) 3 (25) | 6.3 | 0.12 | 0.18 |
University grade level | Excellent, 41 Very Good, 55 Good, 20 Satisfactory, 1 Not provided, 89 | 4 (9.8) 12 (21.8) 5 (25) 0 29 (32.6) | 21 (51.2) 33 (60) 9 (45) 1 (100) 38 (42.7) | 16 (39) 10 (18.2) 6 (30) 0 22 (24.7) | 13.5 | 0.17 | 0.095 |
Tailored | Yes, 89 No, 117 | 7 (7.9) 43 (36.8) | 48 (53.9) 54 (46.2) | 34 (38.2 20 (17.1) | 26.59 | 0.36 | < 0.0001 |
Structured | Yes, 164 No, 42 | 36 (22) 14 (33.3) | 85 (51.8) 17 (40.5) | 43 (26.2) 11 (26.2) | 2.65 | 0.11 | 0.27 |