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Table 2 Obtaining Nursing Specialty Information

From: Investigating the intentions and reasons of senior high school students in registering for nursing education in China

Item

N

N*(%)

Univariate regression

Multivariate regression

   

OR (95% CI)

P value

OR (95% CI)

P value

Interest in nursing

  

2.04(1.60, 2.61)

< 0.001

1.85(1.43, 2.40)

< 0.001

 Totally uninterested

1203

8(0.67)

    

 Uninterested

1772

6(0.34)

    

 Neutral

3651

11(0.3)

    

 Interested

966

17(1.76)

    

 Very interested

458

17(3.71)

    

How related information is picked up

  

0.96(0.78, 1.18)

0.68

1.08(0.86, 1.35)

0.51

 Nothing

410

7(1.71)

    

 Traditional media

 (newspapers and magazines)

3157

23(0.73)

    

 New media

 (the Internet and APP)

710

1(0.14)

    

 School lecture

2337

14(0.6)

    

 People around

1436

14(0.97)

    

Frequency of receiving related information

  

1.51(1.16, 1.91)

0.002

1.20(0.92, 1.57)

0.176

 Never

1610

12(0.75)

    

 Extremely low

2400

13(0.54)

    

 Low

2909

12(0.41)

    

 High

1053

16(1.52)

    

 Extremely high

78

6(7.7)

    

Participation in related activities

  

0.44(0.26, 0.74)

0.002

0.64(0.38, 1.09)

0.101

 Yes

2195

27(1.23)

    

 No

5855

32(0.55)

    
  1. Abbreviations: N, total participants, N*, Number of students with a clear intention to pursue nursing education and career; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval