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Table 1 Variables definition

From: Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing: nesting a fast-track to traditional generic program, teachings from nursing education in Burkina Faso

Dependent variables

 Score achieved

Year1, Year2 and Year3 performance

Year2 & 3 sum up

Explanatory variables

 Demographics

  Age, year

Two dummy variables: 0: 20–29, 1: 30–39, 2: 40 & more

  Gender

0: for male, 1: otherwise

  Marital status

0: Married (formal + engaged), 1: Single

  Number of children

0: childless, 1: otherwise

 Academic variables

  Registered track

0 Traditional generic program, 1 Fast-track program

  Registration status

Four dummy variables:

0 State pre-registration, 1 Private pre-registration, 2 State fast-track registration, 3 Private fast-track registration, 4 3-year state post-registration

  Campus

Two dummy variables:

0 Bobo Dioulasso campus, 1 Ouagadougou campus, 2 Ouahigouya campus