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Table 1 Participants’ demographics and differences in job embeddedness (N = 1,003)

From: Effects of the areas of worklife on job embeddedness: a national cross-sectional study among Egyptian nurses

Characteristic

Category

No

%

Job embeddedness

M (SD)

t/F (P)

Age (years)

< 30

347

34.6

2.92 (0.80)

F = 1.16 (0.31)

30–40

399

39.8

2.84 (0.80)

> 40

257

25.6

2.92 (0.877)

Sex

Male

195

19.4

2.93 (0.85)

t = 0.77 (0.44)

Female

808

80.6

2.88 (0.78)

Marital status

Married

637

63.5

2.89 (0.79)

t = 0.43 (0.67)

Unmarried

366

36.5

2.87 (0.80)

Education

Diploma

321

32.0

2.86 (0.78)

F = 1.21 (0.31)

Associate

290

28.9

2.96 (0.79)

Bachelor

301

30.0

2.87 (083)

Postgraduate

91

9.1

2.82 (0.73)

Position

Staff nurse

786

78.4

2.88 (0.81)

t = − 0.63 (0.53)

Nurse manager

217

21.6

2.92 (0.74)

Hospital type

Governmental

716

71.4

2.88 (0.78)

F = 0.06 (0.95)

Private

139

13.8

2.89 (0.79)

Educational

148

14.8

2.90 (0.84)

Nursing tenure (years)

< 10

356

35.5

2.86 (0.82)

F = 0.39 (0.67)

10–20

435

43.4

2.89 (0.79)

> 20

212

21.1

2.92 (0.76)

Hospital tenure (years)

< 5

430

42.9

2.89 (0.83)

F = 0.55 (0.58)

5–10

357

35.6

2.86 (0.77)

> 10

216

21.5

2.94 (0.75)