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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 10.
Published in final edited form as: Geriatr Nurs. 2008 Nov 17;30(2):99–107. doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2008.06.010

Table 1.

Comparison of Nursing Assistant (NA) Demographic Information by Nursing Home

Demographic Information NH1 N = 30, % (Mean ± Standard Deviation) NH2 N = 76, % (Mean ± Standard Deviation) Significance
Gender
 Male 3.3% 7.0% Pearson = .48
 Female 96.7% 93.0%
Years Experience as an NA (9.4 ± 4.9) (11.6 ± 9.3) P = .13
Years Experience in current NH (4.1 ± 4.2) (6.0 ± 8.2) P = .15
Education*
 Started high school 10.4% 9.2% Pearson = .07
 Completed high school 31.0% 40.8%
 Started technical training 6.9% 0
 Completed technical training 27.6% 12.7%
 Started college 17.2% 22.5%
 Completed college 3.4% 11.3%
 Started post-college 3.4% 0
 Completed post-college 0 2.8%
*

Totals do not add up to 100% because of rounding.