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Table 1 Demographic information of participants

From: Motivations of nursing students regarding their educational preparation for mental health nursing in Australia and the United Kingdom: a survey evaluation

Characteristic

Frequency (% valid responses)

 

All respondents (n = 395)

Australia (n = 249)

UK (n = 146)

Gender

   

Male

60 (15.2 %)

22 (8.9 %)

38 (26.0 %)

Female

335 (84.8 %)

225 (91.1 %)

108 (74.0 %)

Age range

   

15-19

26 (6.6 %)

20 (8.1 %)

6 (4.1 %)

20-24

172 (43.5 %)

116 (47.0 %)

54 (37.0 %)

25-29

63 (15.9 %)

35 (14.2 %)

28 (19.2 %)

30-34

36 (9.1 %)

22 (8.9 %)

14 (9.6 %)

35-39

30 (7.6 %)

16 (6.5 %)

14 (9.6 %)

40+

68 (17.2 %)

38 (15.4 %)

30 (20.5)

Ethnicity

   

White

321 (81.3 %)

209 (84.6 %)

110 (75.3 %)

Asian

17 (4.3 %)

14 (5.7 %)

3 (2.1 %)

African

28 (7.1 %)

5 (2.0 %)

23 (15.8 %)

Chinese

9 (2.3 %)

8 (3.2 %)

1 (0.7 %)

Other

20 (5.1 %)

9 (3.6 %)

7 (4.8 %)

Locality

   

Local

294 (74.6 %)

157 (63.8 %)

136 (93.2 %)

National

92 (23.4 %)

81 (32.9 %)

10 (6.8 %)

International

8 (2.0 %)

8 (3.3 %)

0 (0.0 %)