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Table 2 Characteristics of the 228 participating registered nurses and nursing students in the cross-sectional study in Stockholm, Sweden, 2019

From: The relationship between attitudes to homelessness and perceptions of caring behaviours: a cross-sectional study among women experiencing homelessness, nurses and nursing students

 

Registered nurses

(n = 90)

 

Nursing students

(n = 138)

Variable

Value

 

Value

Age, mean (SD)

44.9 (11.2)

 

31.5 (7.8)

Female sex, n (%)

81 (91.0)a

 

127 (92.0)

Years in the profession, n (%)

 

Semester, n (%)

 

 ≤ 2 years

2 (2.22)

3rd

39(28.3)

 3–5 years

10 (11.1)

4th

33(23.9)

 6–10 years

21 (23.3)

5th

28(20.3)

 > 10 years

57 (63.3)

6th

38 (27.5)

  1. SD, standard deviation. There were no missing values for any of the reported variables
  2. aExcluding one individual who answered “Don't want to state”