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Table 4 Descriptive statistics of HECS-Pol and correlation with sociodemografic and work-related variables (n = 558)

From: Hospital ethical climate survey - selected psychometric properties of the scale and results among polish nurses and midwives

Descriptive statistics

Variables

Subscales

M

SD

Age #

Gender

Education

Religious beliefs

Work experience $

Satisfaction with salary ±

Work satisfaction ±

Working time

 

Z

p

F

p

Z

p

   

H

p

 

Peers

4.02

0.59

0.010

-1.075

0.282

3.223

0.041

-0.765

0.444

0.019

0.090 *

0.228 ***

1.251

0.535

 

Patients

3.83

0.62

0.074

-1.027

0.305

3.083

0.047

-0.155

0.877

0.090 *

0.041

0.198 ***

7.477

0.024

 

Managers

3.59

0.89

0.010

-0.986

0.324

3.272

0.039

-0.102

0.918

0.006

0.120 **

0.215 ***

8.775

0.012

 

Hospital

3.41

0.78

0.007

-0.703

0.482

0.269

0.764

-1.753

0.080

0.016

0.150 ***

0.211 ***

11.347

0.003

 

Physicians

3.27

0.74

-0.012

-1.216

0.224

0.406

0.666

-2.615

0.009

-0.002

0.209 ***

0.240 ***

13.564

0.001

 

Global

3.62

0.60

0.019

-0.608

0.543

1.894

0.151

-1.357

0.175

0.031

0.153 ***

0.263 ***

12.235

0.002

 
  1. M – Mean, SD – Standard Deviation, # Pearson’s r; Z – Mann-Whitney U test, F– ANOVA, $Spearman’s rho; t – t-test, ±definitely yes – 5; definitely no – 1; H – Kruskal–Wallis H; * <0.05; ** <0.01; ***<0.001