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. 2013 Dec 10;2(4):83–88. doi: 10.5812/nms.11691

Table 1. Frequency Distribution Nursing Students Demographic Characteristics .

Demographicsa Non-Educated, No. (%) Educated, No. (%) Test Results, Chi-Square Test Results, P value
Gender 5.02 0.025
Female 83 (59.7) 82 (73.2)
Male 56 (40.3) 30 (26.8)
Employment 1.537 0.215
Yes 28 (20.3) 16 (14.3)
No 110 (79.7) 96 (85.7)
Number of family members 2.152 0.341
1 - 3 16 (11.9) 20 (18.3)
4 - 5 96 (71.1) 70 (64.2)
≥ 6 23 (17) 19 (17.4)
Family income 0.554 0.758
Acceptable 60 (43.8) 45 (40.2)
Relatively acceptable 67 (48.9) 60 (53.6)
Not acceptable 10 (7.3) 7 (6.3)
Interest to field 2.65 0.272
High 56 (40.9) 44 (39.3)
Average 65 (47.4) 61 (55.4)
Low 16 (11.7) 7 (6.3)

a A few participants did not respond to some questions (1 in employment, 7 in number of family members, 2 in family income and in interest to field)