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Table 1 Comparison between historic control- and intervention groups on demographics

From: Influencing nursing students’ perceptions of community care with curriculum-redesign; a quasi-experimental cohort study

Student characteristics in % (n)

Historic control/Old curriculum

(n = 477)

Intervention/New curriculum

(n = 170)

Cases missing in total

Test-value

P (2-tailed)

Age in years (mean, SD)

23.1 (2.4)

23.0 (2.3)

0

T = .478

0.633

Sex (male)

11.3% (54)

11.2% (19)

0

χ2 = 0.030

0.959

Born outside the Netherlands

2.1% (10)

7.6% (13)

3

χ2 = 11.140

0.001*

Belonging to church/ religious group

14.6% (69)

20.7% (35)

4

χ2 = 3.479

0.062

Level of education

  

1

χ2 = 6.703

0.152

 general secondary

68.8% (328)

67.0% (114)

   

 academic secondary

15.9% (76)

10.6% (18)

   

 vocational

13.6% (65)

20.6% (35)

   

 other

1.5% (7)

1.8% (3)

   

Working/ has been working in CC

50.6% (241)

58.2% (99)

1

χ2 = 2.906

0.088

Family or friends working in CC

41.4% (197)

43.2% (73)

2

χ2 = 0.168

0.682

Receiving home care (or in family)

35.7% (169)

29.0% (49)

5

χ2 = 2.519

0.113

  1. *P < 0.05; CC = community care