Table 3.

Differences in ageism according to general characteristics. (N = 162).

Characteristic		Ageism
		Total		Avoidance		Discrimination		Antilocution
		Mean ± SD	t/F(p) Scheffé	Mean ± SD	t/F(p) Scheffé	Mean ± SD	t/F(p) Scheffé	Mean ± SD	t/F(p) Scheffé
Age (year)	<29 a	2.62 ± 0.38	0.23(0.794)	2.73 ± 0.53	2.68 (0.072)	2.45 ± 0.36	1.64 (0.197)	2.63 ± 0.45	4.44 (0.013)
	30–39 b	2.62 ± 0.40		2.53 ± 0.53		2.58 ± 0.42		2.75 ± 0.45	a < c
	≥40 c	2.66 ± 0.30		2.55 ± 0.41		2.54 ± 0.42		2.88 ± 0.44
Marriage	Yes	2.64 ± 0.36	0.37 (0.716)	2.55 ± 0.48	0.67 (0.119)	2.56 ± 0.40	1.53 (0.128)	2.81 ± 0.49	1.78 (0.077)
	No	2.62 ± 0.37		2.67 ± 0.52		2.47 ± 0.39		2.68 ± 0.41
Education	ADN 1	2.64 ± 0.39	0.30 (0.763)	2.64 ± 0.55	0.51 (0.613)	2.56 ± 0.39	0.75 (0.458)	2.72 ± 0.46	0.48 (0.632)
	≥BSN 2	2.62 ± 0.35		2.60 ± 0.49		2.50 ± 0.40		2.75 ± 0.45
Religion	Yes	2.62 ± 0.32	0.36 (0.716)	2.55 ± 0.50	1.25 (0.214)	2.53 ± 0.37	0.28 (0.778)	2.77 ± 0.48	0.53 (0.596)
	No	2.64 ± 0.39		2.65 ± 0.50		2.51 ± 0.42		2.73 ± 0.44
Perceived personality	Introvert	2.63 ± 0.36	0.04 (0.966)	2.61 ± 0.49	0.03 (0.975)	2.50 ± 0.41	0.96 (0.340)	2.76 ± 0.46	0.76 (0.447)
	Extrovert	2.63 ± 0.38		2.61 ± 0.55		2.57 ± 0.35		2.70 ± 0.44
Position	Staff	2.62 ± 0.37	0.32 (0.749)	2.62 ± 0.52	0.27 (0.786)	2.53 ± 0.40	0.97 (0.336)	2.72 ± 0.46	1.84 (0.068)
	Manager	2.65 ± 0.31		2.59 ± 0.42		2.45 ± 0.38		2.89 ± 0.42
Clinical experience (year)	<5.0 a	2.56 ± 0.38	1.15 (0.331)	2.65 ± 0.56	0.37 (0.775)	2.41 ± 0.38	2.68 (0.049)	2.60 ± 0.45	4.93 (0.003)
	5.0–9.9 b	2.64 ± 0.37		2.59 ± 0.50		2.61 ± 0.35		2.73 ± 0.44	a < d
	10–14.9 c	2.69 ± 0.35		2.66 ± 0.41		2.60 ± 0.41		2.81 ± 0.48
	≥15.0 d	2.68 ± 0.32		2.56 ± 0.47		2.55 ± 0.43		2.92 ± 0.40
Nursing experience of aged patients	Yes	2.63 ± 0.36	0.26 (0.792)	2.60 ± 0.51	0.89 (0.375)	2.50 ± 0.39	1.68 (0.096)	2.76 ± 0.45	1.75 (0.082)
	No	2.66 ± 0.32		2.74 ± 0.39		2.71 ± 0.42		2.52 ± 0.41
Cohabitation with the aged	Yes	2.47 ± 0.34	1.76 (0.080)	2.42 ± 0.37	1.50 (0.135)	2.46 ± 0.40	0.58 (0.564)	2.54 ± 0.40	1.82 (0.071)
	No	2.64 ± 0.36		2.63 ± 0.51		2.52 ± 0.40		2.76 ± 0.45
Cohabitation with the aged in the past	Yes	2.57 ± 0.38	2.42 (0.017)	2.51 ± 0.49	2.76 (0.006)	2.49 ± 0.38	1.08 (0.280)	2.70 ± 0.48	1.38 (0.168)
	No	2.70 ± 0.32		2.73 ± 0.49		2.55 ± 0.42		2.80 ± 0.41
Completion of the GN 3 course at nursing school	Yes	2.64 ± 0.36	0.46 (0.649)	2.63 ± 0.48	0.93 (0.356)	2.54 ± 0.40	1.24 (0.215)	2.72 ± 0.47	1.02 (0.311)
	No	2.61 ± 0.35		2.55 ± 0.55		2.46 ± 0.38		2.80 ± 0.42
Completion of GN 3 education	Yes	2.59 ± 0.36	1.37 (0.172)	2.57 ± 0.49	0.96 (0.339)	2.50 ± 0.43	0.52 (0.607)	2.68 ± 0.46	1.64 (0.103)
	No	2.66 ± 0.36		2.65 ± 0.51		2.53 ± 0.37		2.80 ± 0.44

¹ Associate Degree in Nursing. ² Bachelor of Science in Nursing. ³ Gerontological Nursing.