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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2014 Apr 20;26(1):69–80. doi: 10.1016/j.jana.2014.03.001

Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics

Characteristic Total (n = 396) Islamic Hospital (n = 100) Protestant Hospital (n = 100) Catholic Hospital (n = 96) General Hospital (n = 100) χ2/F test
Age: Mean (SD) 35.45 (9.460) 34.66 (8.52) 32.14 (10.39) 40.95 (7.49) 34.26 (8.97) χ2 = 53.71***
 35 years old or younger (%) 54.8 60 71 25 62 χ2 = 7.53**
 > 35 years old 45.2 40 29 75 38
Gender (%)
 Male 11 20 4 6 14 χ2 = 16.26***
 Female 89 80 96 94 86
Religion (%)
 Islam 53.5 100 5 19 88 χ2 = 443.51***
 Protestant 29.5 0 87 18 12
 Catholic 17 0 8 59 0
Monthly Income Mean (SD) $406 ($307) 494.5 (238.9) 272 (196.5) 448.1 (304.9) 434.8 (436.9) F = 10.50***
 U.S. $100–406 (%) 56.3 30 81 52 62
 > U.S. $406 43.8 70 19 48 38 χ2 = 5.99**
Working Experience: Mean (SD) 13.41 (9.256) 12.81 (8.50) 9.73 (9.81) 18.15 (7.77) 13.43 (9.26) F = 15.96***
 13 years or less (%) 55.1 62 69 31 57 χ2 = 8.79**
 > 13 years 44.9 38 31 69 43
Education (%)
 SPK 9.0 1 15 5 15 χ2 = 1.65
 Diploma 73.0 76 78 65 73
 BSN or higher 18.0 23 7 30 12
Training on HIV care (%)
 Never 65.2 59 74 47 80 χ2 = 0.085
 Ever, once or more 34.8 41 26 53 20
Perceived competence (%)
 Yes 63.2 68 52 88 46 χ2 = 0.002
 No or doubt 36.8 32 48 12 54

Note. SD = standard deviation; SPK = graduated from a high school; BSN = Bachelor of Science in Nursing;

***

p < .001.

**

p < .01.