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Characteristics of the responding students
| Number of respondents | 766 | |
| Age in years, median (range) | 25 | (20–58) |
| Gender, n (%) | ||
| Female | 678 | (88.5) |
| Male | 80 | (10.4) |
| Did not define | 8 | (1.1) |
| Previous health or social care education, n (%) | ||
| None | 432 | (56.4) |
| Practical nurse | 307 | (40.1) |
| Other education | 27 | (3.5) |
| Previous work experience in social or health care, n (%) | ||
| None | 273 | (35.5) |
| Work experience | 491 | (64.3) |
| Unanswered | 2 | (0.2) |
