Validating the self-competence in death work scale for end-of-life care volunteers

BMC Palliative Care

Table 1 Background information of participants (N = 341)

Demographic variables		n	%
Sex	Male	67	20.7
	Female	256	79.3
Age	18–29 years old	57	20.2
	30–39 years old	38	13.5
	40–49 years old	49	17.4
	50–59 years old	68	24.1
	60 or above	70	24.8
Marital status	Single	153	54.6
	Married	127	45.4
Education	Below college degree	77	27.3
	College degree and above	205	72.7
Employment status	Full-time	79	28
	Part-time	37	13.1
	Housewives	24	8.5
	Unemployed	27	9.6
	Retired	60	21.3
	Others	55	19.5
Religion	Christianity	95	33.2
	Catholicism	34	11.9
	Buddhism	42	14.7
	Traditional Chinese beliefs	4	1.4
	Others	4	1.4
	No religion	107	37.4
TCEP experience	No	164	58.4
	Yes	117	41.6
EoLC training	No	203	80.6
	Yes	49	19.4
Bereavement training	No	169	66.8
	Yes	84	33.2

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