Table 4. Associated factors with the perception of working with older people among nursing students: Univariate analysis (n=292)

Variable		Perception	p-value
Gender	Male	49.07±6.49	0.004^a
Gender	Female	52.19±6.19	0.004^a
Year of study	First year	52.80±6.97	0.101^b
	Second year	50.60±5.70
	Third year	51.16±5.5 8
	Final year	52.52±6.63
Religion	Yes	50.84±5.72	0.147^a
Religion	No	52.09±6.47	0.147^a
Family type	Extended	51.54±6.43	0.622 ^a
Family type	Nuclear	51.92±6.25	0.622 ^a
Living with older people	Yes	52.56±5.86	0.214 ^a
Living with older people	No	51.51±6.45	0.214 ^a
Completion of geriatric course	Accomplished	51.99±6.21	0.789 ^b
	Studying	51.17±5.61
	Unlearned	51.80±6.58
Elderly care experience	Yes	52.04±6.36	0.507 ^a
Elderly care experience	No	51.55±6.27	0.507 ^a
Geriatric nursing choice	Yes	54.01±7.62	0.007 ^a
Geriatric nursing choice	No	51.17±5.77	0.007 ^a
Knowledge about aging			0.001^c
Attitude towards older people			<0.001^c

T—test
ANOVA
Pearson’s Correlation