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. 2021 Apr 29;37(4):721–728. doi: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2021.04.008

Table 1.

Demographic data for Master’s, Doctor of Nursing Practice, and PhD studentsa.

Characteristic Overall
N = 222
N MS
N = 131
DNP
N = 72
PhD
N = 19
p-value q-value
Age 221 0.027 0.227
 20–25 4 (1.8%) 1 (0.8%) 3 (4.2%) 0 (0.0%)
 26–30 49 (22.2%) 33 (25.4%) 15 (20.8%) 1 (5.3%)
 31–35 51 (23.1%) 36 (27.7%) 13 (18.1%) 2 (10.5%)
 36–40 41 (18.6%) 20 (15.4%) 19 (26.4%) 2 (10.5%)
 41–45 28 (12.7%) 15 (11.5%) 9 (12.5%) 4 (21.1%)
 46–50 27 (12.2%) 14 (10.8%) 7 (9.7%) 6 (31.6%)
 Over 50 21 (9.5%) 11 (8.5%) 6 (8.3%) 4 (21.1%)
Gender 221 0.929 1.000
 Female 203 (91.9%) 119 (90.8%) 66 (93.0%) 18 (94.7%)
 Male 18 (8.1%) 12 (9.2%) 5 (7.0%) 1 (5.3%)
 Variant/non-conforming 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
Race 221 0.502 0.903
 American Indian or Alaska Native 2 (0.9%) 1 (0.8%) 1 (1.4%) 0 (0.0%)
 Asian 14 (6.3%) 9 (6.9%) 4 (5.6%) 1 (5.3%)
 Black or African American 7 (3.2%) 5 (3.8%) 2 (2.8%) 0 (0.0%)
 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 (0.5%) 1 (0.8%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
 White 184 (83.3%) 106 (80.9%) 63 (88.7%) 15 (78.9%)
 Prefer not to answer 13 (5.9%) 9 (6.9%) 1 (1.4%) 3 (15.8%)
Ethnicity 216 0.531 0.903
 Hispanic or Latino 14 (6.5%) 11 (8.7%) 2 (2.8%) 1 (5.6%)
 Not Hispanic or Latino 192 (88.9%) 110 (86.6%) 66 (93.0%) 16 (88.9%)
 Prefer not to answer 10 (4.6%) 6 (4.7%) 3 (4.2%) 1 (5.6%)
Income 220 0.001 0.023
 Less than $50,000 23 (10.5%) 13 (9.9%) 8 (11.4%) 2 (10.5%)
 $50,000 to $99,999 75 (34.1%) 45 (34.4%) 24 (34.3%) 6 (31.6%)
 $100,000 to $249,999 98 (44.5%) 61 (46.6%) 33 (47.1%) 4 (21.1%)
 More than $250,000 14 (6.4%) 3 (2.3%) 5 (7.1%) 6 (31.6%)
 Prefer not to answer 10 (4.5%) 9 (6.9%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (5.3%)
Live alone 27 (12.2%) 222 15 (11.5%) 7 (9.7%) 5 (26.3%) 0.150 0.425
Live with spouse/sig. otherb 168 (75.7%) 222 101 (77.1%) 54 (75.0%) 13 (68.4%) 0.641 0.991
Live with children 81 (36.5%) 222 49 (37.4%) 22 (30.6%) 10 (52.6%) 0.192 0.465
Live with other adults 23 (10.4%) 222 12 (9.2%) 11 (15.3%) 0 (0.0%) 0.136 0.425
Sig. otherb work outside 145 (77.1%) 188 85 (75.2%) 49 (79.0%) 11 (84.6%) 0.789 1.000
a

Categorical variables were summarized for the overall sample and stratified by graduate program (MS/DNP/PhD), using count(%) and Fisher's exact test. Both the original p-values and Benjamini-Hochberg multiple-testing adjusted p-values are reported (q-value).

b

Significant other