Survival Models for the Analysis of Waiting Time to First Employment of New Graduates: A Case of 2018 Debre Markos University Graduates, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 1
Debre Markos University graduates’ employment status by their characteristics and the values for the log-rank test of equality of survivor functions.
Variables
Category
Employment status
value
Employed, mean (SD), n (%)
Not employed, mean (SD), n (%)
Age at graduation in years
23.90 (0.07)
23.77 (0.05)
Gender
Female
204 (51.4)
193 (48.6)
<0.001
Male
432 (61)
276 (39)
College/faculty
CHSM
20 (10.1)
178 (89.9)
<0.001
CANaRM
94 (44.3)
118 (55.7)
CBE
101 (43.9)
129 (56.1)
IEBS
36 (69.2)
16 (30.8)
Law
1 (2.6)
38 (97.4)
NCS
59 (49.6)
60 (50.4)
Technology
157 (61.6)
98 (38.4)
CGPA category
2–2.74
125 (41.9)
173 (58.1)
<0.001
2.75–3.24
202 (55.6)
161 (44.4)
3.25–3.74
206 (71.3)
83 (28.7)
3.75–4.00
46 (83.6)
9 (16.4)
Region where the graduate is from
Addis Ababa
22 (61.1)
14 (38.9)
0.0002
Amhara
504 (55.4)
405 (44.6)
Oromia
24 (64.9)
13 (35.1)
SNNPR
45 (86.5)
7 (13.5)
Tigray
16 (57.1)
12 (42.9)
Others
25 (58.1)
18 (41.9)
Father education attainment
Not educated
321 (56.4)
248 (43.6)
0.16
Primary school
166 (58.0)
120 (42.0)
Secondary school and above
90 (56.6)
69 (43.4)
Mother education attainment
Not educated
402 (58.0)
291 (42)
0.64
Primary school
133 (55.2)
108 (44.8)
Secondary school and above
70 (60.9)
45 (39.1)
Residence where the graduate is originally from
Rural
260 (45.3)
314 (54.7)
<0.001
Urban
377 (71.0)
154 (29.0)
Field of study preference
Yes
364 (41.7)
508 (58.3)
0.03
No
78 (51.3)
74 (48.7)
Study location preference
Yes
318 (58.2)
228 (41.8)
0.79
No
123 (58.6)
87 (41.4)
Ever got consultancy services in the university
Yes
132 (52.4)
120 (47.6)
0.33
No
458 (61.4)
288 (38.6)
Mean with standard deviation (SD) is used to summarize continuous variables; frequency (n) with percentage (%) is used to summarize the categorical variables.
