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Table 3 Demographic characteristics of the study participants between the Intervention and Control group (n = 401)

From: Exploring the effect of problem based facilitatory teaching approach on motivation to learn: a quasi-experimental study of nursing students in Tanzania

Variable

Intervention

Control

P-value

Sex

n(%)

n(%)

 

 Males

83 (61.9%)

181 (67.8%)

0.244

 Females

51 (38.1%)

86 (32.2%)

Age

  < 24 yrs.

6 (4.5%)

25 (9.4%)

 

 25–29 yrs.

100 (74.6%)

195 (73.0%)

0.192

  > 30 yrs.

28 (20.9%)

47 (17.6%)

 

Marital status

 Single

123 (91.8%)

248 (92.9%)

 

 Married

11 (8.2%)

19 (7.1%)

0.695

In campus

 Yes

43 (32.1%)

235 (88.0%)

 

 No

91 (67.9%)

32 (12.0%)

0.001

  1. Source: Field Data (2019)