| Total | Local | International | ||||||
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N | % | Wt % | n | % | Wt % | n | % | Wt % | |
Failed at least one subject in 2019 Semester 1a,b | |||||||||
 No fails | 9628 | 91.6 | 91.4 | 6196 | 92.4 | 92.2 | 3432 | 90.2 | 89.9 |
 At least one fail | 881 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 508 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 373 | 9.8 | 10.1 |
Considered dropping out of current course in past 12Â months | |||||||||
 Yes | 3353 | 27.0 | 26.6 | 2294 | 28.7 | 28.3 | 1059 | 23.8 | 23.7 |
 No | 9085 | 73.0 | 73.4 | 5699 | 71.3 | 71.7 | 3386 | 76.2 | 76.3 |
Most common reasons (from a list of 30 reasonsc for dropping outd) | |||||||||
 Health or stress | 1824 | 54.4 | 53.3 | 1348 | 58.8 | 57.6 | 476 | 45.0 | 44.2 |
 Study/life balance | 1492 | 44.5 | 44.1 | 1156 | 50.4 | 49.9 | 336 | 31.8 | 32.0 |
 Difficulty with workload | 1464 | 43.7 | 43.1 | 1141 | 49.8 | 49.2 | 323 | 30.5 | 30.3 |
 Need a break | 1097 | 32.7 | 32.4 | 804 | 35.1 | 34.8 | 293 | 27.7 | 27.3 |
 Personal reasons | 953 | 28.4 | 28.5 | 684 | 29.8 | 30.0 | 269 | 25.4 | 25.4 |
 Lack of academic support | 863 | 25.8 | 25.9 | 562 | 24.5 | 24.6 | 301 | 28.4 | 28.8 |
 Standards too high | 744 | 22.2 | 21.8 | 526 | 22.9 | 22.4 | 218 | 20.6 | 20.6 |
 Financial difficulties | 742 | 22.1 | 22.2 | 534 | 23.3 | 23.2 | 208 | 19.7 | 20.1 |
 Lack of interest | 704 | 21.0 | 21.1 | 499 | 21.8 | 22.0 | 205 | 19.4 | 19.1 |
 Expectations not met | 686 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 403 | 17.6 | 17.6 | 283 | 26.7 | 26.4 |
 Change of direction | 681 | 20.3 | 20.8 | 523 | 22.8 | 23.5 | 158 | 14.9 | 15.1 |
 Lack of career prospects | 654 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 446 | 19.5 | 19.4 | 208 | 19.7 | 19.7 |
 Need to do paid work | 622 | 18.6 | 18.3 | 543 | 23.7 | 23.4 | 79 | 7.5 | 7.6 |
 Paid work responsibilities | 500 | 14.9 | 14.7 | 466 | 20.3 | 20.2 | 34 | 3.2 | 3.1 |