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Table 1 Participants’ demographic characteristics (N = 954)

From: Characteristics of workplace violence, responses and their relationship with the professional identity among nursing students in China: a multicenter cross-sectional study

Variables

N

%

Gender

 Female

852

89.31

 Male

102

10.69

Age (year)

 18–20

68

7.13

 21–23

820

85.95

  ≥ 24

66

6.92

Place of residence

 City

491

51.47

 Rural area

463

48.53

Are you the only one child in the family?

 Yes

539

56.5

 No

415

43.5

Education level

 Bachelor’s degree or higher

370

38.78

 Junior college

584

61.22

School location

 Shanghai

639

66.98

 Suzhou

24

2.52

 Dali

76

7.97

 Nanchang

71

7.44

 Hefei

144

15.09

Duration of the current internship

  ≤ 6

10

1.04

 >6

944

98.95

Student leader

 Yes

314

32.91

 No

640

67.09

Have you joined school clubs?

 Yes

667

69.92

 No

287

30.08

The reason for choosing nursing as your college major

 Voluntary application

539

56.5

 Family member’s suggestion

219

22.96

 Major change

196

20.55

Attended the violence prevention training?

 Yes

320

33.54

 No

643

66.46

Concern about the violence during the internship

 Not at all

58

6.08

 Not too much

261

27.36

 Not sure

110

11.53

 Slightly worried

435

45.6

 Extremely worried

90

9.43