Completion Rates of Female Students

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The proportion of women completing college education globally is low. In 2008-2010, only 46.1% women completed. In Africa, in 2008-2010, only 37.8% women completed. In Somaliland in 2008-2010, only 31.2% women completed. In Amoud University, in 2008-2010, only 35.1% completed. In 2010-2013, only 21.9% females completed. Yet the determinants of the low completion had not been empirically investigated. Guided by the Institutional Theory, the study was conducted through cross-sectional survey design, data was collected from a stratified random sample of 278 female students using questionnaire from August to September 2014. The study found that home factors (F [1, 278] = 4.20, p =.040; R =.566, R2 adj =.263); college factors (F [1, 278] = 3.98, p =.020; R =.456, R2 adj =.202); environmental factors (F [1, 278] = 4.50, p =.005; R =.570, R2 adj =.321), and personal factors (F [1, 278] = 3.910, p =.023; R =.526, R2 adj =.272) are significant determinants of completion rates the female students. But environmental factors are the major determinant of completion rates of the female students.

Autorenportrait

Mr. Mbala O. Andrew, MPH; Studied Clinical Medicine and Public Health at Fort Portal School of Clinical Medicine and masters in Community Health and Development at Great Lakes University, Kenya. He is currently a PhD student at the Stellenbosch University. Oso W. Yuko, PhD; Studied Educational Planning and Management at Makerere University, Uganda.

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