Table 1: Distribution of the nursing students' sociodemographic characteristics.
|
Sociodemographic Characteristics |
Total |
Students Not Taking the “Geriatric Nursing” Course (n = 102) |
Students Taking the “Geriatric Nursing” Course (n = 79) |
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|
|
S |
% |
S |
% |
S |
% |
|
|
Age |
20-21 |
110 |
60.8 |
55 |
53.9 |
55 |
69.6 |
|
22-23 |
46 |
25.5 |
28 |
27.5 |
18 |
22.8 |
|
|
24 and over |
25 |
13.8 |
19 |
18.6 |
6 |
7.6 |
|
|
Gender |
Female |
146 |
80.7 |
83 |
81.4 |
63 |
79.7 |
|
Male |
35 |
19.3 |
19 |
18.6 |
16 |
20.3 |
|
|
Marital Status |
Married |
4 |
2.2 |
4 |
3.9 |
79 |
100 |
|
Single |
177 |
97.8 |
98 |
96.1 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Level of Income |
Income less than expenditure |
56 |
30.9 |
35 |
34.3 |
21 |
26.6 |
|
Income equal to expenditure |
116 |
64.1 |
59 |
57.8 |
57 |
72.2 |
|
|
Income more than expenditure |
9 |
5.1 |
8 |
7.8 |
1 |
1.3 |
|
|
Desire of Living with an Elderly |
Yes |
113 |
62.4 |
66 |
64.7 |
47 |
59.5 |
|
No |
68 |
37.6 |
36 |
35.3 |
32 |
40.5 |
|
|
State of Living with an Elderly |
Yes |
35 |
19.3 |
21 |
20.6 |
14 |
17.7 |
|
No |
146 |
80.7 |
81 |
79.4 |
65 |
82.3 |
|
|
Frequency of Communicating with the Elderly |
Always |
65 |
35.9 |
41 |
40.2 |
24 |
30.4 |
|
Sometimes |
77 |
42.5 |
42 |
41.2 |
35 |
44.3 |
|
|
Rarely |
39 |
21.6 |
19 |
18.1 |
20 |
25.3 |
|
|
State of Providing Care to the Elderly Individual |
Yes |
61 |
33.7 |
31 |
30.4 |
30 |
38.0 |
|
No |
32 |
17.7 |
21 |
20.6 |
11 |
13.9 |
|
|
Undecided |
88 |
48.6 |
50 |
49.0 |
38 |
48.1 |
|