Development and testing of the career decision-making self-efficacy scale for nursing students: a methodological study

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants (N=400)

Characteristics	Categories	Frequency	Percentage
Gender	Male	71	17.8
Gender	Female	329	82.2
College level	1^st year	100	25.0
	2^nd year	114	28.4
	3^rd year	93	23.3
	4^th year	93	23.3
Religion	Protestant	59	14.8
	Catholic	21	5.2
	Buddhist	31	7.8
	None	285	71.2
	Other	4	1.0
Extracurricular activities	Yes	218	54.5
Extracurricular activities	No	182	45.5
Hope to work as a clinical nurse after graduation	Yes	288	72.0
Hope to work as a clinical nurse after graduation	No	112	28.0
Total		400	100.0

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