Table 4 Standard multiple linear regression that predicts nurses work autonomy from the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics (N = 212)

Gender

-0.02

0.14

[-0.31, 0.26]

-0.01

-0.17

0.863

Shift worked

0.33

0.19

[-0.04, 0.70]

0.14

1.75

0.081

Marital Status

 D1 (Single)

-0.10

0.21

[-0.51, 0.32]

-0.04

-0.46

0.644

 D2 (Divorced)

0.12

0.29

[-0.45, 0.68]

0.03

0.40

0.688

 Reference group (Married)

Level of education

 D1 (Diploma)

0.36

0.25

[-0.12, 0.85]

0.16

1.47

0.144

 D2 (Master/doctorate)

0.43

0.21

[0.03, 0.84]

0.19

2.10

0.037

 Reference group (Bachelor)

Age

 D1 (less than 25 years)

-0.18

0.76

[-1.68, 1.31]

-0.05

-0.24

0.809

 D2 (25–34 years)

-0.34

0.18

[-0.71, 0.02]

-0.17

-1.88

0.061

 Reference group (More than 35 years)

Years of Nursing Experience

 D1 (< 1 year)

-0.63

0.63

[-1.87, 0.61]

-0.17

-1.00

0.317

 D2 (1 to 2 years)

-0.44

0.34

[-1.10, 0.22]

-0.12

-1.32

0.189

 D3 (3 to 4 years)

-0.04

0.35

[-0.72, 0.65]

-0.01

-0.11

0.915

 D4 (5 to 9 years)

0.06

0.28

[-0.50, 0.62]

0.02

0.21

0.830

 Reference group (≥ 10 years)

Years of Experience in Current Area of Employment

 D1 (< 1 year)

-0.88

0.30

[-1.48, -0.28]

-0.29

-2.90

0.004

 D2 (1–2 years)

-0.53

0.23

[-0.97, -0.08]

-0.18

-2.34

0.020

 D3 (3–4 years)

-0.42

0.23

[-0.88, 0.03]

-0.17

-1.84

0.068

 D4 (5–9 years)

-0.21

0.21

[-0.62, 0.20]

-0.08

-1.02

0.308

 Reference group (≥ 10 years)

Overall model F (16,195) = 5.87, p < .001, R2 = 0.32