Table 1.
Participants’ descriptive characteristics
| Descriptive characteristics | Experienced in KC (n=411), n (%) |
Not experienced in KC (n=450), n (%) |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 4 (1.0) | 1 (0.2) |
| Female | 407 (99.0) | 449 (99.8) |
| Age (years) | ||
| 18–25 | 91 (22.1) | 81 (18.0) |
| 26–30 | 149 (36.3) | 158 (35.1) |
| 31–40 | 124 (30.2) | 151 (33.6) |
| 41–50 | 39 (9.4) | 46 (10.2) |
| 51–60 | 8 (2.0) | 14 (3.1) |
| Highest education level | ||
| Associate’s degree | 147 (35.8) | 169 (37.6) |
| Bachelor’s degree | 251 (61.1) | 256 (56.9) |
| Master’s degree | 5 (1.2) | 6 (1.3) |
| Other* | 8 (1.9) | 19 (4.2) |
| Hospital type | ||
| General hospital | 169 (41.1) | 301 (66.9) |
| Maternity hospital | 242 (58.9) | 149 (33.1) |
| NICU level | ||
| III | 136 (33.1) | 60 (13.3) |
| II | 155 (37.7) | 276 (61.3) |
| I | 120 (29.2) | 114 (25.3) |
| Geography | ||
| Northeastern China | 68 (16.6) | 60 (13.3) |
| Eastern China | 80 (19.5) | 122 (27.1) |
| Northern China | 100 (24.3) | 39 (8.7) |
| Central China | 33 (8.0) | 36 (8.0) |
| Southern China | 42 (10.2) | 80 (17.8) |
| Southwestern China | 16 (3.9) | 46 (10.2) |
| Northwestern China | 72 (17.5) | 67 (14.9) |
*Other: includes doctoral degree (n=2) and postgraduate certificate (n=25).
KC, kangaroo care; NICU, neonatal intensive care unit.