Table 1.
Distribution of course completers and drop-outs by job type and gender.
| Post-consent drop out (did not start) |
Mid-course drop out (did not finish) |
Completed course | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Job type | ||||||||
| Health professional - nurse | 60 | 56% | 18 | 58% | 66 | 52% | 144 | 54% |
| Health professional - other | 7 | 7% | 6 | 19% | 39 | 31% | 52 | 20% |
| Other staff | 40 | 37% | 7 | 23% | 22 | 17% | 69 | 26% |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Female | 87 | 81% | 25 | 81% | 117 | 92% | 229 | 86% |
| Male | 20 | 19% | 6 | 19% | 10 | 8% | 36 | 14% |
| Total | 107 | 31 | 127 | 265 | ||||
| Difference in drop-out status by job type, Chi-square = 26.7, df = 4, p < 0.001 | ||||||||
| Difference in drop-out status by gender, Chi-square = 6.8, df = 2, p = 0.03 | ||||||||