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Table 1 Background characteristics of study sample and test of association between academic integrity indicators and study demographics

From: COVID-19 and alternative assessments in higher education: implications for academic integrity among nursing and social science students

Variable

N (%)

Academic integrity indicators

Seeking help from peers

Collaborating with others

Seeking help from experts/professions/senior colleagues

Yes N (%)

No N (%)

NRR

χ2(df)

p-value

Yes N (%)

No N (%)

NRR

χ2(df)

p-value

Yes N (%)

No N (%)

NRR

χ2(df)

p-value

Age

   

13.613 (4)

0.009

   

3.155 (4)

0.532

   

0.091 (4)

0.999

 18-24

112 (29.5)

32 (31.7)

69 (68.3)

9.8%

  

22 (21.8)

79 (78.2)

9.8%

  

20 (20.0)

80 (80%)

10.7%

  

 25-34

94 (24.7)

17 (20.2)

67 (79.8)

10.6%

  

14 (16.5)

71 (83.5)

9.6%

  

16 (18.8)

69 (81.2)

9.6%

  

 35-44

73 (19.2)

9 (13)

60 (87.0)

5.5%

  

11 (15.9)

58 (84.1)

5.5%

  

14 (19.7)

56 (80.0)

4.1%

  

 45-54

40 (10.5)

3 (7.9)

35 (92.1)

5.0%

  

4 (10.5)

34 (89.5)

5.0%

  

7 (18.4)

31 (81.6)

5.0%

  

 55 & above

11 (2.9)

2 (20)

8 (80)

9.1%

  

1 (10)

9 (90)

9.1%

  

2 (18.2)

9 (81.8)

0%

  

 (Missing)

50 (13.2)

               

Course of study

   

3.884 (1)

0.049

   

7.722 (1)

0.005

   

0.538 (1)

0.463

 Social Sciences

129 (33.9)

19 (15.2)

106 (84.8)

3.1%

  

12 (9.6)

113 (90.4)

3.1%

  

22 (17.6)

103 (82.4)

3.1%

  

 Nursing

209 (55.0)

45 (24.5)

139 (75.5)

12.0%

  

40 (21.6)

145 (78.4)

11.5%

  

39 (21.0)

147 (79.0)

9.6%

  

 (Missing)

42 (11.1)

               

Level of study

   

1.490 (1)

0.222

   

0.109 (1)

0.741

   

0.001 (1)

0.979

 Undergraduate

319 (83.9)

59 (20.2)

233 (79.8)

7.6%

  

49 (16.7)

244 (83.3)

7.3%

  

58 (19.7)

236 (80.3)

7.0%

  

 Postgraduate

16 (4.2)

5 (33.3)

10 (66.7)

21.1%

  

3 (20.0)

12 (80.0)

21.1%

  

3 (20.0)

12 (80.0)

21.1%

  

 (Missing)

45 (11.8)

               

Stage of study

   

1.314 (3)

0.726

   

2.671 (3)

0.445

   

0.241 (3)

0.971

 Year 1

111 (29.2)

23 (22.1)

81 (77.9)

6.3%

  

22 (21.0)

83 (79.0)

5.4%

  

21 (20.0)

84 (80.0)

5.4%

  

 Year 2

130 (34.2)

23 (19.7)

94 (80.3)

10,0%

  

15 (12.9)

101 (87.1)

10.8%

  

24 (20.5)

93 (79.5)

10.0%

  

 Year 3

75 (19.7)

12 (17.9)

55 (82.1)

10.7%

  

12 (17.6)

56 (82.4)

9.3%

  

12 (17.6)

56 (82.4)

9.3%

  

 Postgrad

22 (5.8)

6 (28.6)

15 (71.4)

4.5%

  

3 (14.3)

18 (85.7)

4.5%

  

4 (19.0)

17 (81.0)

4.5%

  

 (Missing)

42 (11.1)

               

Number of units enrolled

   

5.318 (3)

0.150

   

0.367 (3)

0.947

   

1.110 (3)

0.775

 1

62 (16.3)

11 (18.6)

48 (81.4)

4.8%

  

10 (16.9)

49 (83.1)

4.8%

  

11 (18.6)

48 (81.4)

4.8%

  

 2

80 (21.1)

9 (12.3)

64 (87.7)

8.8%

  

11 (14.9)

63 (85.1)

7.5%

  

12 (16.0)

63 (84.0)

6.3%

  

 3

81 (21.3)

17 (23.3)

56 (76.7)

9.8%

  

12 (16.4)

61 (83.6)

9.9%

  

15 (20.5)

58 (79.5)

9.9%

  

 4 or more

113 (29.7)

27 (26.0)

77 (74.0)

8.0%

  

19 (18.3)

85 (81.7)

8.0%

  

23 (22.1)

81 (77.9)

8.0%

  

 (Missing)

44 (11.6)

               

Time frame for alternative assessment

   

n. a

n. a

   

n. a

n. a

   

n. a

n. a

 2-4 hrs

147 (38.7)

31 (23.3)

102 (76.7)

9.5%

  

20 (14.9)

114 (85.1)

8.8%

  

25 (18.8)

108 (81.2)

9.5%

  

 24 hours

183 (48.2)

35 (20.5)

136 (79.5)

6.6%

  

26 (15.3)

144 (84.7)

7.1%

  

28 (16.3)

144 (83.7)

6.0%

  

 48 hours

48 (12.6)

6 (14.3)

36 (85.7)

12.5%

  

3 (7.1)

39 (92.9)

12.5%

  

9 (21.4)

33 (78.6)

12.5%

  

 1-2 week(s)

19 (5.0)

4 (25.0)

12 (75.0)

15.8%

  

3 (17.0)

14 (83.0)

10.5%

  

6 (46.0)

11 (64.0)

10.5%

  

 Other

61 (16.1)

9 (15.8)

48 (84.2)

6.6%

  

9 (15.8)

48 (84.2)

6.6%

  

10 (17.5)

47 (82.5)

6.6%

  
  1. NRR Nor-response rate
  2. Bold p-values denote significant association at 5% level of significance