Table 1 Participants’ socio-demographic characteristics
Personal Characteristics | Number (%) |
|---|---|
Age (Year) | |
  ≤ 29 | 106 (49.8) |
 30 – 39 | 57 (26.7) |
 40 – 49 | 34 (16) |
  ≥ 50 | 16 (7.5) |
Type of university of education | |
 Governmental university | 165 (77.5) |
 Non-governmental university | 48 (22.5) |
Education level | |
 Associate's degree | 7 (3.3) |
 Bachelor of Science | 186 (87.3) |
 Master of Science | 20 (9.4) |
Work experience in labor ward | |
  < 5 | 123 (57.7) |
 5 – 10 | 39 (18.3) |
 10 – 15 | 12 (5.7) |
 15 – 20 | 10 (4.7) |
  > 20 | 29 (13.6) |
Interest in the profession | |
 Very much | 68 (31.9) |
 Much | 84 (39.4) |
 Medium | 49 (23) |
 Little | 5 (2.4) |
 Very little | 7 (3.3) |
Marital status | |
 Single | 90 (42.2) |
 Married | 118 (55.4) |
 Divorced and widowed | 5 (2.4) |
Type of hospital | |
 Educational hospitals | 102 (47.9) |
 Non-educational hospitals | 111 (52.1) |