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Table 1 Participants’ characteristics

From: Psychometric properties of the Japanese version of the career competencies questionnaire for nurses: a cross-sectional study

 

First step

(N = 276)

Second step

(N = 522)

Characteristics

n

%

n

%

Gender

 Women

262

94.9

467

89.5

 Men

14

5.1

55

10.5

Age

 Mean ± SDa

40.6 ± 9.8

40.7 ± 10.5

 Range

21–65

20–63

Professional experience (years)

 Mean ± SDa

17.6 ± 9.6

18.6 ± 10.3

 Range

1–45

0–42

Health profession

 Nurse

276

100

510

97.7

 Midwife

0

0

12

2.3

Education

 High school

98

35.5

71

13.6

 Associate degree

139

50.4

355

68

 Bachelor’s degree

34

12.3

72

13.8

 Master’s degree

3

1.1

8

1.5

 Others

2

0.7

10

1.9

 No answer

0

0

6

1.1

  1. aSD Standard deviation