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Data-set of academic difficulties among students in western Uganda during COVID-19 induced lockdown.

ABSTRACT: This academic research explicit the data-set of academic difficulties among different age groups of students studying in various schools, colleges or Universities during the COVID-19 induced lockdown. The western part of Uganda comprises 26 districts and the survey was conducted in those regions employing a simple random sampling technique. The dataset is descriptive and an aggregate of 405 students participated in this survey. Among that, 253 students are from rural regions, 59 students are from semi-urban regions and 93 students are from urban regions. This survey was started in April 2020 and data were collected till June 2020. A statistical run was made with the aid of SPSS version 20 software to evaluate the significance level (P-Value<0.05) of each question among the localities.

SUBMITTER: Meji M A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7892804 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Data-set of academic difficulties among students in western Uganda during COVID-19 induced lockdown.

Meji M Abisha A Dennison Milon Selvam MS Mustafa Muhamad Mundu MM

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This academic research explicit the data-set of academic difficulties among different age groups of students studying in various schools, colleges or Universities during the COVID-19 induced lockdown. The western part of Uganda comprises 26 districts and the survey was conducted in those regions employing a simple random sampling technique. The dataset is descriptive and an aggregate of 405 students participated in this survey. Among that, 253 students are from rural regions, 59 students are fro ...[more]

PMID: 33659598

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