Table 5 Current employment status of the first-wave of the Thai Nurse Cohort Study
From: Thai nurse cohort study: cohort profiles and key findings
Current employment characteristics | Initial Cohort (n = 18 756) | New Entry Cohort (n = 1156) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
n | (%) | n | (%) | |
Employment category | ||||
Direct care nurse | 11 320 | (61.2) | 1094 | (95.4) |
Nurse lecturer | 554 | (3.0) | 28 | (2.4) |
Middle level administrator (Head ward, Unit manager, Chair of the department) | 3886 | (21.0) | 2 | (0.2) |
High level administrator (Director, Dean of the faculty or equivalent) | 548 | (2.9) | 0 | (0) |
Research nurse | 489 | (2.6) | 3 | (0.3) |
Unemployed | 311 | (1.7) | 16 | (1.4) |
Others | 1398 | (7.6) | 4 | (0.3) |
Main career | ||||
Civil servant | 15 032 | (80.8) | 228 | (19.9) |
Government officer | 702 | (3.8) | 558 | (48.6) |
State enterprise staff | 93 | (0.5) | 17 | (1.5) |
Private sector staff | 1415 | (7.6) | 329 | (28.7) |
Freelance | 177 | (1.0) | 1 | (0.1) |
Others | 1183 | (6.3) | 14 | (1.2) |
Workplace | ||||
Hospital | 14 088 | (79.0) | 1013 | (91.8) |
Health center, clinic | 1600 | (9.0) | 45 | (4.1) |
Infirmary in school or other organization | 98 | (0.6) | 1 | (0.1) |
Nursing school | 592 | (3.3) | 25 | (2.3) |
Non-health care service office | 498 | (2.8) | 1 | (0.1) |
Others | 959 | (5.3) | 18 | (1.6) |