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Table 2 Turnover intentions, profession and workplace

From: Staff quality of working life and turnover intentions in municipal nursing care and social welfare: a cross-sectional study

 

n (%)

Mean (SD)

p value

Intention to leave profession

Never/Very seldom

Rather seldom

Sometimes

Rather often

Very often/ Always

All

76 (37.3%)

34 (16.7%)

56 (27.5%)

26 (12.7%)

12 (5.9%)

2.3 (1.2)

Social workers

33 (30.3%)

20 (18.3%)

32 (29.4%)

18 (16.5%)

6 (5.5%)

2.5 (1.2) p = .145†

Registered nurses

28 (43.1%)

8 (12.3%)

20 (30.8%)

4 (6.2%)

5 (7.7%)

2.2 (1.3)

… workplace

      

All

67 (32.8%)

38 (18.6%)

55 (27.0%)

27 (13.2%)

17 (8.3%)

2.5 (1.3)

Social workers

33 (30.6%)

21 (19.4%)

30 (27.8%)

14 (13.0%)

10 (9.3%)

2.5 (1.3) (p = .846†)

Registered nurses

20 (30.8%)

10 (15.4%)

20 (30.8%)

10 (15.4%)

5 (7.7%)

2.5 (1.3)

  1. † Mann Whitney U test comparing social workers and registered nurses. When count does not add to 207 for all, 109 for social workers and 67 for registered nurses there are internal missing values.