Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics

Gender

 Male

112

34.36

118

37.46

 Female

214

65.64

197

62.54

Age (Mean, SD)

33.95

(8.73)

35.46

(8.26)

Years of experience

(Mean, SD)

9.29

(7.12)

10.31

(7.70)

Ethnic group

 Ethnic Han

310

95.09

298

94.60

 Minority

16

4.91

17

5.40

Education

 High school (secondary vocational) and below

29

8.90

34

10.79

 College

152

46.63

131

41.59

 Undergraduate

119

36.50

130

41.27

 Graduate student

26

7.98

20

6.35

Marital status

 Unmarried

117

35.89

95

30.16

 Married

196

60.12

203

64.44

 Divorced

11

3.37

14

4.44

 Widowed

2

0.61

3

0.95

Job title

 Junior tour guides

265

81.29

213

67.62

 Intermediate tour guide

44

13.50

71

22.54

 Senior tour guide

17

5.21

31

9.84