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From: The importance of professional values from nursing students’ perspective

Variable		N	%	Mean ± SD	Test statistic	p
Gender	Female	75	75%	103.05 ± 1.26	t = 1.73	0.07
Male	25	25%	98 ± 1.21
Marital status	Married	33	33%	103.39 ± 1.25	t = 0.90	0.37
Single	67	67%	101.66 ± 1.23
Ethnicity	Persian	97	97%	101.6 ± 1.25	Z = 0.96	0.36
Non Persian	3	3%	108 ± 7.93
Semester	Fourth	29	29%	100.25 ± 1.25	F = 0.29	0.74
Sixth	35	35%	102.49 ± 1.20
Eighth	37	37%	102.30 ± 1.28
Participation in Professional ethical	Yes	156	62.4%	104.26 ± 1.18	t = 1.04	0.30
No	94	37.6%	99.77 ± 1.17