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Table 5 Association between sociodemographic characteristics, awareness and perceived barriers of the nursing profession (N = 502)

From: Contemporary public image of the nursing profession in Saudi Arabia

Sample characteristics		Awareness		Perceived barriers
Sample characteristics		Median (IQR)	P^a	Median (IQR)	P^a
Gender	Male	66.7 (50.0–83.3)	0.126	51.9 (44.4–59.3)	0.863
Gender	Female	50.0 (50.0–66.7)	0.126	51.9 (44.4–59.3)	0.863
Age in years	15-	50.0 (33.3–66.7)	0.069	51.9 (44.4–59.3)	0.881
	20-	50.0 (50.0–66.7)		51.9 (44.4–59.3)
	25+	66.7 (50.0–83.3)		51.9 (44.4–59.3)
Marital status	Married	66.7 (50.0–83.3)	0.001^b	51.9 (44.4–59.3)	0.225
Marital status	Unmarried	50.0 (33.3–66.7)	0.001^b	51.9 (44.4–59.3)	0.225
Education	Read & write	50.0 (33.3–66.7)	0.001^bc	48.2 (48.2–59.3)	0.043^bd
	High school	50.0 (33.3–66.7)		55.6 (48.2–63.0)
	University and higher	66.7 (50.0–66.7)		51.9 (44.4–59.3)
House	Private	50.0 (50.0–66.7)	0.541	51.9 (44.4–59.3)	0.704
House	Rented	66.7 (33.3–66.7)	0.541	51.9 (44.4–59.3)	0.704
Female nurse in the family	Yes	66.7 (50.0–66.7)	0.046^b	55.6 (48.2–63.0)	0.032^b
Female nurse in the family	No	50.0 (33.3–66.7)	0.046^b	51.9 (44.4–59.3)	0.032^b

^a Mann-Whitney test for two groups and Kruskal-Wallis test for more than two groups
^bP < 0.05 (Significant), IQR Interquartile range (Q1 -Q3)
^c Post-hoc test indicated significant difference between University & higher versus Read & write
^d Post-hoc test indicated significant difference between University & higher versus High school

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