Correlations between moral courage, moral sensitivity, and ethical decision-making by nurse interns: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 The demographic characteristics of participants (N = 1334)

Variables	Category	N	%
gender	female	1213	90.93
age	16–18	87	6.52
	19–21	696	52.17
	22–24	551	41.31
education level	secondary vocational	78	5.85
	junior college	572	42.88
	undergraduate	684	51.27
area of residence	city	404	30.28
nationality	han nationality	1191	89.28
having siblings	yes	982	73.61
experience as a student leader	yes	965	72.34
reasons for choosing the nursing major	individual choice	337	25.26
	easy to obtain employment	436	32.68
	advice given by parents	455	34.11
	passive transfer to the nursing profession	106	7.95
attitude towards nursing profession	like	757	56.75
	doesn’t matter	438	32.83
	dislike	139	10.42
how many avenues exist for acquiring knowledge of nursing ethics	<2	389	29.16
	2–3	694	52.02
	≥ 4	251	18.82
received ethics-related training or continuing education during internship	yes	950	71.21

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