Previous Education, Sociodemographic Characteristics, and Nursing Cumulative Grade Point Average as Predictors of Success in Nursing Licensure Examinations

Table 5

Logistic regression analysis of influence of entry characteristics on performance in licensing examinations.

Variable	Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)	SE
CGPA	15.27 [6.28, 27.11]	0.88
Age <30 years	0.31 [0.06, 1.63]	0.85
Male gender	1.13 [0.50, 2.55]	0.42
Home residence (ref = rural)
Semiurban	1.49 [0.41, 5.37]	0.65
City/urban	1.44 [0.38, 5.42]	0.68
Father highly educated	0.56 [0.21, 1.49]	0.49
Mother highly education	1.23 [0.55, 2.76]	0.41
Entered nursing with WASSCE	0.32 [0.04, 2.63]	1.08
Nursing was a first career of choice	0.50 [0.21, 1.19]	0.45
Read science in formal school	1.2 [0.5, 2.6]	0.40

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