| Confidence to perform skills independently by demographic characteristics of the midwifery students | |||
| Characteristic | Confidence to perform skills independently | P-value* | |
| Not confident N (%) | Confident N (%) | ||
| Age |
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| 18 - 28 Years | 5 (5.0) | 95 (95.0) | 0.146 |
| 29 - 39 Years | 1 (1.4) | 73 (98.6) | |
| 40 - 50 Years | 2 (10.5) | 17 (89.5) | |
| Gender |
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| Male | 2 (8.3) | 22 (91.7) | a0.261 |
| Female | 6 (3.6) | 163 (94.6) | |
| Highest qualification at time of admission |
| ||
| Community Health Assistant | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100.0) | 0.975 |
| Grade twelve | 5 (4.2) | 113 (95.8) | |
| Registered Nurse | 3 (4.0) | 72 (96.0) | |
| Type of programme enrolled in |
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| Certified Midwifery | 4 (4.3) | 90 (95.7) | 0.995 |
| Registered Nurse/Registered Midwifery | 3 (4.1) | 71 (95.9) | |
| Registered Nurse Midwife | 1 (3.8) | 25 (96.2) | |
| Duration of programme enrolled in |
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| 1 Year | 4 (5.3) | 72 (94.7) | 0.802 |
| 2 Years | 3 (3.2) | 90 (96.8) | |
| 3.5 Years | 1 (4.0) | 24 (96.0) | |
| Qualification of the programme enrolled in |
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| Certificate | 7 (4.2) | 161 (95.8) | 1.000 |
| Diploma | 1 (3.8) | 25 (96.2) | |
| Types of health facilities for clinical practice |
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| Level 1 hospital | 1 (20.0) | 4 (80.0) | 0.142 |
| Level 2 hospital | 0 (0.0) | 6 (100.0) | |
| Level 3 hospital | 0 (0.0) | 31 (100.0) | |
| Clinic | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | |
| Level 1 and 2 hospitals | 1 (11.1) | 8 (88.9) | |
| Level 1 and 3 hospitals | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100.0) | |
| Level 1, 2 hospitals and clinic | 1 (7.7) | 12 (92.3) | |
| Level 1, 3 hospitals and clinic | 1 (25.0) | 3 (75.0) | |
| Level 2 and 3 hospital and clinic | 0 (0.0) | 9 (100.0) | |
| Level 1, 2, 3 and clinic | 1 (1.6) | 63 (98.4) | |
| Level 1 hospital and clinic | 0 (0.0) | 3 (100.0) | |