Table 1 Demographic characteristics (N = 1136)
Variables | N | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 299 | 26.30 |
Female | 837 | 73.70 | |
Educational background | Junior college or below | 234 | 20.6 |
Bachelor’s | 764 | 67.3 | |
Master’s or above | 138 | 12.1 | |
Years | 18∼24 | 668 | 58.80 |
25∼29 | 321 | 28.26 | |
30∼35 | 147 | 12.94 | |
Marital status | Single | 885 | 77.90 |
Married | 241 | 21.20 | |
Divorced or widowed | 10 | 0.90 | |
Hospital level | Tertiary | 811 | 71.40 |
Secondary or below | 325 | 28.60 | |
Head nurse? | Yes | 74 | 6.50 |
No | 1062 | 93.50 | |
Professional title | Nurse | 744 | 65.50 |
Senior nurse | 257 | 22.60 | |
Nurse-in-charge | 91 | 8.00 | |
Deputy chief nurse or above | 44 | 3.90 | |
Departments | Internal medicine | 329 | 29.00 |
Surgery | 264 | 23.20 | |
Obstetrics and gynecology | 119 | 10.50 | |
Pediatric | 78 | 6.90 | |
Emergency | 88 | 7.70 | |
Intensive care unit | 63 | 5.50 | |
Others | 195 | 17.20 | |
Labor and personnel relations | Formal establishment | 237 | 20.90 |
Personnel agency | 273 | 24.00 | |
Contract system | 626 | 55.10 | |
Years of working | < 1 | 474 | 41.73 |
1–5 | 483 | 42.52 | |
6–10 | 133 | 11.71 | |
> 10 | 46 | 4.04 | |
Monthly income | < 4000 | 467 | 41.11 |
4000∼7000 | 448 | 39.44 | |
7000∼10,000 | 140 | 12.32 | |
> 10,000 | 81 | 7.13 |