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Table 1 Study population demographic and occupational characteristics by sex

From: Personal initiative and work environment as predictors of job satisfaction among nurses: cross-sectional study

Demographic and occupational characteristics

Male

n = 247 (24%)

Female

n = 779 (75%)

Total*

n = 1040

Age**, years (mean, SD)

38.8 (9.5)

40.6 (9.7)

40.2 (9.7)

Country of birth** (%)

Israel

70.8

54.1

58.1

FSU

25.9

39.3

36.1

Other

3.3

6.6

5.8

Seniority in the profession*, years (mean, SD)

12.4 (9.3)

15.1 (10.3)

14.5 (10.1)

Education

RN

17.8

20.3

19.7

RN BA

62.3

58.7

59.6

RN MA

19.8

21.1

20.8

Form of Employment

100%

90.6

64.1

70.5

75–90%

7.8

28.5

23.5

25–66%

1.6

7.4

6.0

Type of Hospital

General

52.2

58.7

57.1

Pediatric

7.7

18.5

15.9

Psychiatric

40.1

22.8

27.0

Area of practice (%)

Surgery

22.7

24.6

24.1

Psychiatry/Rehabilitation

31.2

21.0

23.5

Intensive Care Units

14.2

16.5

15.9

Pediatric/Newborn/Premature

2.4

13.4

10.8

Internal Medicine/Geriatrics

7.7

11.1

10.3

Emergency Room

4.0

3.7

3.8

Oncology

5.7

2.7

3.4

Obstetrics & Gynecology

0.8

3.0

2.4

Operating room

3.6

1.5

2.1

Other

7.7

2.4

3.7

  1. * Among 14 participants sex is missing
  2. ** The percentage of the missing values = 1%