Table 3. Prevalence of the unsatisfactory concept (sum of grades 1 and 2; n=1,148) of the undergraduate courses in the health area by Brazilian regions (n=3,712), according to the performance of their students (n=192,715) in ENADE 2019.
| Characteristics | Regions of the country | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North (%) | Northeast (%) | Midwest (%) | Southeast (%) | South (%) | p-value * | |
| Academic organization | ||||||
| University Center | 47.8 | 42.7 | 38.4 | 31.8 | 20.7 | 0.001 |
| College | 75.2 | 56.6 | 55.8 | 39.4 | 37.3 | |
| IFECT† | 0.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 0.0 | |
| University | 38.4 | 10.7 | 15.5 | 18.8 | 10.6 | |
| Administration | ||||||
| Public | 20.4 | 2.4 | 20.2 | 9.8 | 1.5 | 0.001 |
| Private | 66.3 | 48.7 | 40.4 | 30.4 | 21.5 | |
| Public management | ||||||
| Federal | 9.5 | 1.5 | 5.6 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.02 |
| State | 16.7 | 4.1 | 25.0 | 4.2 | 0.0 | |
| Municipal | 100.0 | 0.0 | 77.0 | 56.3 | 16.8 | |
| Population size of the city‡ where the course is offered | ||||||
| Small size | 90.9 | 30.8 | 72.4 | 42.3 | 28.8 | 0.001 |
| Medium size | 61.9 | 29.5 | 52.3 | 39.1 | 23.7 | |
| Large Size | 53.9 | 38.9 | 29.5 | 24.7 | 14.6 | |
| Metropolitan Region (MR) | ||||||
| Yes | 58.3 | 38.2 | 26.3 | 28.3 | 11.3 | 0.001 |
| No | 55.4 | 36.1 | 45.3 | 27.3 | 26.4 | |
Source: INEP, 2020. *Pearson’s Chi-square test; † Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia; ‡Small size: <50,000 inhabitants and Demographic Density (DD) <80 inhabitants2, Medium size: From 50,000 to 100,000 inhabitants or DD ≥80 inhabitants/km2, and Large size: >100,000 inhabitants