Table 6 Intention to leave the nursing profession within the next 2 years, as reported in the Thai Nurse Cohort Study
From: Thai nurse cohort study: cohort profiles and key findings
Subgroups of registered nurse | Initial Cohort | New Entry Cohort (n = 1156) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wave 1 (n = 18 756) | Wave 2 (n = 11 282) | |||||
Number | % Intent to leave | Number | % Intent to leave | Number | % Intent to leave | |
Overall | 18109 | (15.4) | 10 762 | (5.5) | 1127 | (11.2) |
Age group | ||||||
Lower than 25 | 743 | (10.6) | 680 | (5.4) | 1091 | (11.2) |
25–29 | 1289 | (13.8) | 808 | (6.2) | 8 | (0) |
30–34 | 1735 | (13.7) | 942 | (6.3) | 5 | (0) |
35–39 | 2652 | (15.5) | 1340 | (5.2) | 7 | (14.3) |
40–44 | 3108 | (15.9) | 2590 | (5.5) | 3 | (33.3) |
45–49 | 3503 | (16.0) | 1669 | (4.9) | 6 | (16.7) |
50–54 | 2849 | (16.0) | 1439 | (6.3) | 5 | (0) |
55–59 | 1915 | (15.8) | 991 | (5.2) | 2 | (50.0) |
60 or greater | 315 | (18.4) | 303 | (4.0) | 0 | (0) |
Employment category | ||||||
Direct care nurse | 11 134 | (15.2) | 6756 | (6.0) | 1081 | (11.6) |
Nurse lecturer | 551 | (12.7) | 289 | (5.9) | 26 | (3.9) |
Middle level administrator | 3767 | (15.2) | 2760 | (4.9) | 2 | (0) |
High level administrator | 534 | (15.0) | 416 | (3.4) | 0 | (0) |
Research nurse | 484 | (18.0) | 254 | (2.8) | 3 | (0) |
Main career | ||||||
Civil servant | 14 715 | (15.2) | 9158 | (5.5) | 223 | (11.7) |
Government officer | 692 | (11.3) | 566 | (4.8) | 551 | (11.4) |
State enterprise staff | 92 | (16.3) | 117 | (6.8) | 16 | (12.5) |
Private sector staff | 1392 | (20.4) | 707 | (6.7) | 326 | (10.7) |
Freelance | 150 | (12.0) | 91 | (3.3) | 1 | (0) |
Others | 956 | (12.8) | 84 | (1.2) | 4 | (0) |