Table 1 Frequently distribution of student’s demographic variables
Variables | Categories | Number (Percent) |
|---|---|---|
Gender | Female | 153 (72.2) |
Male | 59 (27.8) | |
Age (years) | 18–20 | 87 (41.0) |
21–23 | 98 (46.2) | |
≥ 24 | 27 (12.7) | |
Marital Status | Single | 196 (92.5) |
Married | 16 (7.5) | |
Faculty | Medicine | 50 (23.6) |
Dentistry | 13 (6.1) | |
Health & Nutrition | 55 (25.9) | |
Paramedical sciences | 64 (30.2) | |
Nursing & Midwifery | 30 (14.2) | |
Major | Operating room technology | 14 (6.6) |
Anesthesia | 15 (7.1) | |
Health information technology | 14 (6.6) | |
Medical emergencies | 9 (4.2) | |
Radiology technology | 13 (6.1) | |
Nutritional sciences | 14 (6.6) | |
Public Health | 12 (5.7) | |
Occupational health engineering | 15 (7.1) | |
Environmental health engineering | 13 (6.1) | |
Dentistry | 12 (5.7) | |
Medicine | 35 (16.5) | |
Laboratory sciences | 16 (7.5) | |
Nursing | 16 (7.5) | |
Midwifery | 14 (6.6) | |
GPA | < 15 | 34 (16.0) |
15–16.99 | 109 (51.4) | |
≥17 | 69 (32.5) | |
Educational level | Associated Degree & BSc | 154 (72.6) |
MSc & PhD | 58 (27.4) | |
Students’ residence | Dormitories | 138 (65.1) |
Non- dormitories | 74 (34.9) | |
Parents’ residence | Urban | 196 (92.5) |
Rural | 16 (7.5) | |
Father’s educational level | Illiterate to high school | 76 (35.8) |
Diploma | 59 (27.8) | |
Academic Education | 77 (36.3) | |
Mother’s educational level | Illiterate to high school | 89 (42) |
Diploma | 80 (37.7) | |
Academic Education | 43 (20.3) | |
Household Size | < 4 | 20 (9.4) |
4–5 | 105 (49.5) | |
≥6 | 87 (41) | |
Monthly household income | < 200 $ | 41 (19.3) |
200–350 $ | 67 (31.6) | |
≥350 $ | 104 (49.1) |