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

Table 1

Description of background characteristics and previous education.

Variable		Percentage
Gender
Male	77	43.7
Female	99	56.3
Age
21–25	6	3.4
26–30	152	86.4
31–35	18	10.2
Christian religion	162	92.0
Description of home community
Rural	20	11.4
Semiurban	92	52.2
City/urban	64	36.4
Mother education
Non	25	14.2
Basic	81	46.0
Secondary	42	23.9
Tertiary	28	15.9
Father education
Non	7	4.0
Basic	41	23.2
Secondary	52	29.5
Tertiary	76	43.2
Mother health worker	6	3.4
Father health worker	5	2.8
Entry category into nursing programme
SSSCE	14	8.0
WASSCE	156	88.6
Mature	6	3.4
Course read during high school education
General science	67	38.1
General arts	83	47.2
Home economics	22	12.5
Agricultural science	4	2.3
Former school
Government owned	129	73.3
Mission	29	16.5
Private/other	18	10.2
Former school was located in urban setting	121	68.6
Former school has high academic status	120	68.2
Nursing as a career of choice
First	118	67.0
Second	41	23.3
Third/fourth	17	9.7