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Table 1 Registration versus non-registration among Kenyan nursing students ab

From: Informing the scale-up of Kenya’s nursing workforce: a mixed methods study of factors affecting pre-service training capacity and production

 

Total (%)

Registered (%)

Non-registered (%)

Odds ratio

P-value

95% CI

Age Group

      

 17 to 20

1,993 (23.6)

1,880 (94.3)

113 (5.7)

0.953

0.678

0.758 to 1.197

 21 to 25

5,757 (68.5)

5,443 (94.5)

314 (5.5)

Ref

  

 26 to 30

575 (6.8)

540 (93.9)

35 (6.1)

0.934

0.723

0.639 to 1.364

> 30

92 (1.1)

76 (82.6)

16 (17.4)

0.298

0.000

0.160 to 0.555

Gender

      

 Female

6,725 (75.5)

6,345 (94.3)

380 (5.7)

Ref

  

 Male

2,180 (24.5)

2,048 (93.9)

132 (6.1)

0.929

0.481

0.758 to 1.140

Home Province

      

 Coast

319 (3.6)

310 (97.2)

9 (2.8)

Ref

  

 Central

1,429 (16.2)

1,358 (95.0)

71 (5.0)

0.509

0.090

0.233 to 1.112

 Nairobi

1,088 (12.4)

1,045 (96.0)

43 (4.0)

0.731

0.445

0.326 to 1.636

 Eastern

1,528 (17.4)

1,460 (95.5)

68 (4.5)

0.559

0.147

0.255 to 1.226

 North Eastern

160 (1.8)

154 (96.2)

6 (3.8)

0.486

0.208

0.158 to 1.496

Nyanza

1,202 (13.7)

1,132 (94.2)

70 (5.8)

0.412

0.026

0.187 to 0.899

Rift Valley

2,340 (26.6)

2,190 (93.6)

150 (6.4)

0.409

0.021

0.191 to 0.876

Western

734 (8.3)

674 (91.8)

60 (8.2)

0.328

0.006

0.149 to 0.724

Training Province

      

 North Eastern

237 (2.7)

229 (96.6)

8 (3.4)

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 Coast

413 (4.6)

394 (95.4)

19 (4.6)

0.541

0.209

0.207 to 1.412

 Central

1,633 (18.2)

1,546 (94.7)

87 (5.3)

0.685

0.387

0.289 to 1.616

 Nairobi

1,141 (12.7)

1,063 (93.2)

78 (6.8)

0.556

0.187

0.233 to 1.329

 Eastern

1,591 (17.8)

1,536 (96.5)

55 (3.5)

0.939

0.888

0.391 to 2.256

 Nyanza

1,222 (13.7)

1,158 (94.8)

64 (5.2)

0.874

0.765

0.362 to 2.112

 Rift Valley

2,032 (22.7)

1,868 (91.9)

164 (8.1)

0.539

0.151

0.232 to 1.253

 Western

687 (7.6)

639 (93.0)

48 (7.0)

0.541

0.179

0.220 to 1.327

Sponsoring Agent

      

 Public (GOK)

5,274 (58.9)

5,004 (94.9)

270 (5.1)

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 Private

401 (4.5)

379 (94.5)

22 (5.5)

0.799

0.415

0.465 to 1.371

Faith-based

3,281 (36.6)

3,050 (93.0)

231 (7.0)

0.707

0.002

0.567 to 0.881

Programme Type

      

 Enrolled

3,190 (35.6)

3,002 (94.1)

188 (5.9)

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 Registered

5,189 (57.9)

4,923 (94.9)

266 (5.1)

1.196

0.129

0.949 to 1.508

BScN

580 (6.5)

511 (88.1)

69 (11.9)

0.621

0.008

0.436 to 0.885

Enrolment Year

      

 1999

1,495 (16.7)

1,430 (95.7)

65 (4.3)

ref

  

 2000

1,466 (16.4)

1,398 (95.4)

68 (4.6)

1.012

0.950

0.701 to 1.460

 2001

1,323 (14.8)

1,249 (94.4)

74 (5.6)

0.904

0.582

0.631 to 1.296

2002

1,615 (18.0)

1,496 (92.6)

119 (7.4)

0.598

0.002

0.430 to 0.830

 2003

1,541 (17.2)

1,468 (95.3)

73 (4.7)

0.939

0.735

0.653 to 1.351

2004

1,519 (16.9)

1,395 (91.8)

124 (8.2)

0.530

0.000

0.380 to 0.740

  1. aNote that due to missing data not all denominators are equal. Significant findings are noted in italics.
  2. bMultivariate logistic regression includes all variables, except gender, which was not significant in the univariate analysis.