Research Article

Employability among Statistics Graduates: Graduates’ Attributes, Competence, and Quality of Education

Table 3

Duration of unemployment.

VariableMeans and medians for survival time
CategoryMeanaMedian
EstimateStd. error95% confidence intervalEstimateStd. error95% confidence interval

Year of graduation20125.9380.981(4.015, 7.860)5.0000.571(3.880, 6.120)
202312.806.078(0.887, 24.713)9.0003.286(2.559, 15.441)
20144.7140.986(2.782, 6.646)3.0000.370(2.274, 3.726)
201518.9662.815(13.449, 24.482)12.004.017(4.126, 19.874)
201611.602.64(6.427, 16.773)5.0001.288(2.475, 7.525)

GenderFemale22.253.583(15.227, 29.273)36.0011.390(13.675, 58.325)
Male9.7541.46(6.893, 12.615)5.0000.512(3.996, 6.004)

CGPA2.0–2.2511.5007.128(0.000, 25.471)3.0002.500(0.000, 7.900)
2.25–.505.6672.906(0.000, 11.362)5.0003.266(0.000, 11.401)
2.50–2.7510.2862.397(5.588, 14.983)8.0001.309(5.434, 10.566)
2.75–3.0012.0002.709(6.691, 17.309)6.0000.378(5.259, 6.741)
3.00–3.2519.1256.540(6.307, 31.943)3.00012.021(0.000, 26.561)
3.25–3.5012.2863.041(6.325, 18.246)5.0000.756(3.518, 6.482)
3.50–3.7511.8183.085(5.772, 17.865)6.0004.404(0.000, 14.632)
3.75–4.0011.5008.231(0.000, 27.633)3.0002.500(0.000, 7.900)
Overall12.9291.527(9.935, 15.922)6.0000.365(5.284, 6.716)

(a) Estimation is limited to the largest survival time if it is censored
Overall comparisons
VariableChi-squareddfSig.
Year of graduationLog rank (Mantel–Cox)19.75840.001
SexLog rank (Mantel–Cox)9.12210.003
CGPALog rank (Mantel–Cox)2.43470.932