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Table 3 Reported ever cheating by students currently at the university by different characteristics, June 2013

From: Cheating on examinations and its predictors among undergraduate students at Hawassa University College of Medicine and Health Science, Hawassa, Ethiopia

Characteristics

Ever cheating

Total

P-Value

No

Yes

  

Gender

 

Male

751(81.9%)

166(18.1%)

917(79.3%)

0.005

Female

177(73.8%)

63(26.2%)

240(20.7%)

 

Students' background

 

Urban

491(76.2%)

153(23.8%)

644(57.2%)

<0.001

Rural

413(85.7%)

69(14.3%)

482(42.8%)

Joined field of study by choice

Yes

685(82.9%)

141(17.1%)

826(71.3%)

<0.001

No

244(73.5%)

88(26.5%)

332(28.7%)

Interest on/Like field of study

Yes

712(82.3%)

153(17.7%)

865(75%)

0.002

No

214(74%)

75(26%)

289(25%)

Substance use

No

820(83.7%)

160(16.3%)

980(86.5%)

<0.001

Yes

90(58.8%)

63(41.2%)

153(13.5%)

Attended all lecture classes

Yes

240(83.9%)

46(16.1%)

286(25.1%)

0.06

No

673(78.8%)

181(21.2%)

854(74.9%)

  1. Note: P-values in bold are statistically significant (p < 0.05).