The relationship between ethical climate and nursing service behavior in public and private hospitals: a cross-sectional study in China

Table 2 Descriptive statistics

Variables	Mean	S.D.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
1. Hospital ownership	1.30	0.457	1
2. Gender	1.06	0.246	0.085^*	1
3. Age (years)	2.35	0.814	− 0.166^**	− 0.060	1
4. Clinical tenure	1.93	1.279	− 0.103^*	− 0.054	0.803^**	1
5. Education level	2.35	0.798	− 0.173^**	0.013	0.378^**	0.224^**	1
6. Professional title	1.67	0.807	− 0.202^**	− 0.065	0.648^**	0.630^**	0.418^**	1
7. Position	1.50	0.876	0.232^**	0.008	0.310^**	0.219^**	0.123^**	0.126^**	1
8. Employment type	1.83	0.664	0.093^*	− 0.085^*	− 0.115^**	− 0.168^**	− 0.091^*	− 0.247^**	− 0.038	1
9. Caring	3.52	1.107	0.043	− 0.018	0.373^**	0.227^**	0.215^**	0.141^**	0.339^**	0.013	1
10. Law and code	4.10	0.966	− 0.228^**	− 0.074	0.478^**	0.263^**	0.425^**	0.316^**	0.088^*	0.007	0.524^**	1
11. Rule	4.21	0.921	− 0.283^**	− 0.072	0.506^**	0.281^**	0.451^**	0.318^**	0.099^*	0.004	0.503^**	0.856^**	1
12. Instrumentality	3.24	1.077	0.247^**	0.072	0.240^**	0.085^*	0.124^**	− 0.038	0.466^**	0.052	0.496^**	0.321^**	0.294^**	1
13. Independence	3.02	1.178	0.254^**	0.082	0.201^**	0.070	0.159^**	− 0.043	0.527^**	0.052	0.517^**	0.239^**	0.234^**	0.785^**	1
14. ISB	4.16	0.929	− 0.212^**	− 0.027	0.507^**	0.280^**	0.446^**	0.328^**	0.150^**	0.013	0.537^**	0.856^**	0.865^**	0.339^**	0.288^**	1
15. ESB	3.63	1.039	0.013	− 0.032	0.378^**	0.195^**	0.273^**	0.146^**	0.391^**	0.008	0.579^**	0.477^**	0.496^**	0.502^**	0.527^**	0.578^**	1

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