National norms for the obstetric nurses’ and midwives’ health education competence, and its influencing factors: a nationwide cross-sectional study

Table 1 Demographics characteristics (n = 3207)

Variables	Levels	N	%
Hospital grade	Grade III	2102	65.5
	Grade II	1064	33.2
	Grade I	41	1.3
Hospital Type	General Hospital	2332	72.8
	Specialist hospital	136	4.2
	Maternal and Child Health Hospital	701	21.9
	Private Hospitals	35	1.1
Locations	Eastern China	1665	51.9
	Central China	354	11.0
	Western China	1188	37.0
Age (years)	≤ 25	404	12.6
	26–35	1823	56.8
	36–45	717	22.4
	≥ 46	263	8.2
Working years	≤ 5	852	26.6
	6–10	1035	32.3
	11–15	513	16.0
	16–20	356	11.1
	≥ 21	451	14.1
Department	Delivery room	1799	56.1
	Obstetrics ward	1306	40.7
	Obstetrics clinic	102	3.2
Job title	Primary nurse	542	16.9
	Senior nurse	1426	44.5
	Supervisor nurse	943	29.4
	Co-chief nurse	251	7.8
	Professor of nursing	45	1.4
Education level	Technical secondary school	69	2.2
	Professional training college	980	30.6
	Bachelor’s degree or above	2158	67.3
Marital status	Married	2395	74.7
	Unmarried	770	24.0
	Other	42	1.3
Training times of health education	≤ 10	3106	96.9
	11–19	40	1.2
	≥ 20	61	1.9
Satisfaction with health education training	Very satisfied	1454	45.3
	Satisfied	1138	35.5
	Generally satisfied	564	17.6
	Less satisfied	26	0.8
	Very dissatisfied	25	0.8

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