Table 6 Impact of gender and help-sources on academic achievement using a factorial generalized linear regression model on GPA scores (N = 76)

UCC

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Males

2.875

0.322

2.244

3.506

79.730

1

0.000***

17.722

9.429

33.310

Females

3.125

0.291

2.553

3.697

114.719

1

0.000***

22.760

12.848

40.320

SRC

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Religion/prayers

0.195

0.523

−0.831

1.221

0.139

1

0.709

1.216

0.436

3.390

Self (self-efficacy)

0.408

0.359

−0.296

1.111

1.289

1

0.256

1.503

0.744

3.038

Library

0.311

0.345

−0.366

0.988

0.812

1

0.368

1.365

0.694

2.685

Computer lab/internet

0.805

0.319

0.179

1.431

6.355

1

0.012**

2.237

1.196

4.183

Lecturers^†

0.510

0.306

−0.090

1.109

2.776

1

0.096

1.665

0.914

3.033

Peers

0.684

0.308

0.079

1.289

4.906

1

0.027*

1.982

1.082

3.630