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Table 4 Pairwise correlations between personal and professional characteristics and the total score of ethical work environment (n = 635)

From: A multi-country mixed-method study identifying the association between perceived ethical work climate and problems among critical care nurses

Personal characteristics

Age a

Gender c

Marital status b

Living with family members c

No. of children a

Total score ethical work environment

0.002*

0.001*

0.516

0.208

0.004*

Professional characteristics

Level of educationb

Professionc

Pandemic previous nursing experiencec

Previous ethical trainingc

Years of experiencea

Total score ethical work environment

0.001*

0.008*

0.094

0.004*

0.001*

  1. a Spearmen’s correlations test
  2. b Kruskal- Wallis test
  3. c Mann Whitney test
  4. *The significance level is 0.05