Testing Two Student Nurse Stress Instruments in Chinese Nursing Students: A Comparative Study Using Exploratory Factor Analysis

Table 1

Characteristics of the sample ().

Variables	Classify	Number	Percentage
Age in years	17-21	648	60.2
	22-25	428	39.8
Gender	Male	80	7.4
	Female	996	92.6
Grade	Year one	248	23.0
	Year two	245	22.8
	Year three	293	27.2
	Year four	290	27.0
Hometown	Rural areas	795	73.9
	Urban areas	281	26.1
Household income status	≥30,000 RMB/month	27	2.5
	≥10,000 RMB/month	191	17.8
	>5000 RMB/month	759	70.5
	≤5000 RMB/month	99	9.2
Had been a class leaders	Yes	278	25.8
	No	798	74.2
Having an interest in nursing profession	Yes	343	31.9
	No	733	68.1
Duration of clinical practice	1-3	467	43.4
	4-6	609	56.6