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Table 1 General characteristics of the study participants and difference of intention to stay across different categories of participants’ characteristics

From: Exploring factors influencing the retention of nurses in a religious hospital in Taiwan: a cross-sectional quantitative study

 

n

percentage

Intention to stay (binary)

P-value

n

percentage

Retention

 Stay

636

87.8

   

 Leave

88

12.2

   

Sex

 Male

31

4.4

29

93.5

0.307

 Female

681

95.6

595

87.4

 

Age

 Below 29

414

57.9

359

86.7

0.099

 30 ~ 39

221

30.9

191

86.4

 

 40 ~ 49

65

9.1

63

96.9

 

 Over 50

15

2.1

14

93.3

 

Education level

 Junior high school

4

0.6

4

100

0.327

 Junior college

295

41.2

258

87.5

 

 Two-year college

44

6.1

43

97.7

 

 Two-year technical college

163

22.8

139

85.3

 

 University

191

26.7

168

88.0

 

 Graduated school

19

2.7

16

84.2

 

Religion

 None

375

52.5

328

87.5

0.408

 Buddhism

201

28.2

178

88.6

 

 Taoism

94

13.2

83

88.3

 

 Christianity

21

2.9

20

95.2

 

 Catholic

9

1.3

6

66.7

 

 Other

14

2.0

12

85.7

 

Seniority of nursing work

 Within1 year

109

15.2

101

92.7

0.003**

 1 ~ 3 year

169

23.6

152

89.9

 

 3 ~ 5 year

118

16.5

98

83.1

 

 5 ~ 10 year

125

17.5

99

79.2

 

 Over 10 year

195

27.2

178

91.3

 

Seniority of hospital work

 Within1 year

135

18.9

124

91.9

0.067

 1 ~ 3 year

194

27.1

172

88.7

 

 3 ~ 5 year

133

18.6

110

82.7

 

 5 ~ 10 year

141

19.7

119

84.4

 

 Over 10 year

112

15.7

103

92.0

 

Time of received medical and human-related education and training in the past six months

 None

90

12.6

76

84.4

0.426

 1 ~ 5 h

499

69.7

437

87.6

 

 6 ~ 10 h

102

14.2

94

92.2

 

 Over 10 h

25

3.5

22

88.0

 
  1. Note: intention to stay as response scores ≥3
  2. Note: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001