Table 4 Demographic information four profile latent profiles among the participants (n,%)
From: Meaning in life among nursing students: a latent profile analysis
Variables | Class 1 (n = 4382) | Class 2 (n = 921) | Class 3 (n = 1030) | Class 4 (n = 4250) | χ2/F | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 19.42 ± 1.66 | 19.44 ± 1.77 | 19.56 ± 1.80 | 19.62 ± 1.20 | 9.985 | ＜0.001 |
Gender |  |  |  |  | 38.931 | ＜0.001 |
Male | 525 (16.4) | 153(16.6) | 211(20.5) | 587(13.8) | Â | Â |
Female | 3795(86.6) | 768(83.4) | 819(79.5) | 3663(86.2) | Â | Â |
Ethnicity |  |  |  |  | 22.213 | ＜0.001 |
Han | 4180(95.4) | 855(92.8) | 958(93.0) | 3968(93.4) | Â | Â |
Ethnic Minority | 202(4.6) | 66(7.2) | 72(7.0) | 282(6.6) | Â | Â |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | Â | 13.979 | 0.003 |
Unmarried | 4348(99.2) | 906(98.4) | 1013(98.3) | 4183(98.4) | Â | Â |
Married | 34(0.8) | 15(1.6) | 17(1.7) | 67(1.6) | Â | Â |
Family residence | Â | Â | Â | Â | 7.323 | 0.062 |
Rural | 3489(79.6) | 710(77.1) | 838(81.4) | 3333(78.4) | Â | Â |
Urban | 893(20.4) | 211(22.9) | 192(18.6) | 917(21.6) | Â | Â |
Education level |  |  |  |  | 76.830 | ＜0.001 |
Junior college | 3494(79.7) | 780(84.7) | 883(85.7) | 3302(77.7) | Â | Â |
Bachelor’s | 807(18.4) | 120(13.0) | 133(12.9) | 826(19.4) |  |  |
Master’s | 79(1.8) | 17(1.8) | 12(1.2) | 121(2.8) |  |  |
Doctor’s | 2(0.1) | 4(0.4) | 2(0.2) | 1(0.1) |  |  |
Grade |  |  |  |  | 38.032 | ＜0.001 |
Freshman | 2036(46.5) | 453(49.2) | 412(40.0) | 2023(47.6) | Â | Â |
Sophomore | 1528(34.9) | 298(32.4) | 400(38.8) | 1425(33.5) | Â | Â |
Junior | 450(10.3) | 72(7.8) | 105(10.2) | 435(10.2) | Â | Â |
Senior | 85(1.9) | 20(2.2) | 18(1.7) | 83(2.0) | Â | Â |
Fifth grade and above | 283(6.5) | 78(8.5) | 95(9.2) | 284(6.7) | Â | Â |
University classification |  |  |  |  | 41.894 | ＜0.001 |
Associate college | 3413(77.9) | 767(83.3) | 767(83.3) | 3213(75.6) | Â | Â |
General Undergraduate | 865(19.7) | 134(14.5) | 172(16.7) | 936(22.0) | Â | Â |
Double-class institution | 104(2.4) | 20(2.2) | 13(1.3) | 101(2.4) | Â | Â |
Political affiliation |  |  |  |  | 35.800 | ＜0.001 |
Communist Party member | 110(2.5) | 28(3.0) | 31(3.0) | 154(3.6) | Â | Â |
Communist Youth League Member | 2294(52.4) | 491(53.3) | 518(50.3) | 2376(55.9) | Â | Â |
General public | 1953(44.6) | 400(43.4) | 472(45.8) | 1705(40.1) | Â | Â |
Others | 25(0.6) | 2(0.2) | 9(0.9) | 15(0.4) | Â | Â |
Student leadership experience |  |  |  |  | 96.908 | ＜0.001 |
Yes | 1173(26.8) | 341(37.0) | 366(35.5) | 1513(35.6) | Â | Â |
No | 3209(73.2) | 580(63.0) | 664(64.5) | 2737(64.4) | Â | Â |