5 - ITF Nigeria

CHAPTER FOUR
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BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS OF RESPONDENTS
BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS OF RESPONDENTS
4.1 Introduction
Institutions compared to their female
Background characteristics of counterparts.
Respondents of the study (Students
on attachment during the Study, A cross tabulation of gender by faculty
Graduates of the Scheme, Employers clearly shows the level of participation
of Labour as well as those of the of males and females in the Scheme.
Institutions) are described in this Over half of males in the study 216
section. These defining features help (52.4%) are in the Faculty of
t o e x p l a i n t h e p e r c e p t i o n s , Engineering/Technology compared to
experiences, performance and the 55 (22.7%) of the females from the
challenges to SIWES. same Faculty. Furthermore, 88
4.2 Students
(21.4%) of the males are in
Natural/Physical Sciences with 87
This section captures the background (36.0%) of the females in the same
characteristics of Students on Faculty when compared within
SIWES, whom the Research team g e n d e r . H o w e v e r , f e m a l e
interacted with in the course of the participation is more pronounced in
study.
the Faculty of Education with 43
(17.8%) as compared to the males
4.2.1 Gender
Data on gender shows that, most of
which records 27 (6.6%). This may
be attributed to high representation of
the respondents 486 (61%) are male females in the Teaching Profession,
while 311 (39%) are female. This which is one of the sex typical jobs.
finding supports the general trend in
educational enrolment in Nigeria,
where gender disparities are evident
4.2.2 Age Distribution
Ages of respondents are presented in
particularly, at the Tertiary level as Table 4.1
m o r e m a l e s a t t e n d Te r t i a r y
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