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Table 1 Participants characteristics (N = 996)

From: Changes in professional commitment of undergraduate nurse students before and after internship: a longitudinal study

Demographics Characteristic

Frequency (%)

Gender, female

955 (95.9)

Only child in the family

 Yes

199 (20.0)

 No

797 (80.0)

Family address

 Country

506 (50.8)

 Town

185 (18.6)

 City

305 (30.6)

Family economy

 Poor

339 (34.0)

 Moderate

412 (41.4)

 Rich

245 (24.6)

Being awarded scholarship

 Yes

410 (41.2)

 No

586 (58.8)

Class leader

 Yes

494 (49.6)

 No

502 (50.4)

Course arrangement

 Dissatisfied

4 (0.4)

 Not very satisfied

108 (10.8)

 Quite satisfied

584 (58.6)

 Satisfied

300 (30.1)

Interest in nursing

 Yes

727 (73.0)

 No

269 (27.0)

Feeling for being a nurse

 Not good

56 (5.6)

 No feelings

103 (10.3)

 Good

837 (84.0)

Practical hospital meet expectation

 Yes

747 (75.0)

 No

249 (25.0)

Satisfied for clinical internship

 Dissatisfied

8 (0.8)

 Less satisfied

92 (9.2)

 More satisfied

515 (51.7)

 Satisfied

381 (38.3)