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Table 3.

Sociodemographic status and job satisfaction of the participants

Variables	Overall job satisfaction		Dimension 1		Dimension 2		Dimension 3		Dimension 4		Dimension 5		Dimension 6		Dimension 7		Dimension 8
Variables	Mean rank	p	Mean rank	p	Mean rank	p	Mean rank	p	Mean rank	p	Mean rank	p	Mean rank	p	Mean rank	p	Mean rank	p
Registration status
Registered	51.91	0.78^a	51.43	0.98^a	56.57	0.26^a	60.55	0.06^a	62.50	0.02^a^*	47.40	0.40^a	55.6	0.40^a	50.95	0.91^a	56.79	0.29^a
Unregistered	49.93		51.52		50.19		49.15		48.65		52.56		50.44		51.64		50.13
Current occupation
Registered nurse	48.65	0.07	50.31	0.25	49.35	0.06	49.93	0.24	50.15	0.34	50.06	0.31	50.15	0.27	50.03	0.29	49.80	0.20
Caregiver	68.92		59.00		65.00		60.17		58.83		59.42		62.33		59.00		60.50
Nursing administrators	72.50		59.00		65.00		68.50		67.00		67.50		46.00		71.00		72.50
Current workplace
Hospital	48.84	0.77	51.77	0.67	56.95	0.46	58.64	0.29	60.48	0.15	48.32	0.79	54.05	0.10	49.68	0.91	55.32	0.67
Clinic	43.50		42.17		48.33		51.83		50.67		51.33		21.50		55.00		56.50
Nursing/private home	52.57		51.79		50.06		49.45		48.97		52.42		51.94		51.88		50.21
Male	63.28	0.01^a^*	54.27	0.30^a	58.75	0.03^a^*	80.69	0.01^a^*	60.88	0.01^a^*	60.98	0.01^a^*	62.84	0.01^a^*	53.25	0.64^a	58.84	0.16^a
Female	46.11		58.24		48.19		47.38		47.21		47.16		48.91		50.70		49.88
Religion
Hindu	54.75	0.25	51.79	0.45	52.36	0.37	64.93	0.07	62.46	0.07	47.75	0.80	58.64	0.30	50.43	0.34	57.29	0.66
Christian	48.57		50.15		49.67		48.05		48.07		51.37		48.83		49.60		49.98
Muslim	68.86		59.00		65.00		61.36		67.00		53.64		63.50		64.14		58.79
Sikh	60.33		59.00		56.67		51.83		50.67		59.42		54.71		63.00		48.50
Country of origin
India	53.88	0.25	51.78	0.69	55.45	0.23	61.02	0.04^*	60.36	0.02^*	49.60	0.40	58.02	0.05	51.52	0.29	56.16	0.35
Philippines	49.28		50.95		49.06		47.24		46.88		51.37		47.66		50.36		49.02
Pakistan	72.50		59.00		65.00		56.00		67.00		67.50		70.50		71.00		60.50

Notes: Kruskal Wallis test unless otherwise indicated.

Mann Whitney test.

Dimension 1, Serving the sick and needy; Dimension 2, Degree of self-respect; Dimension 3, Relationship with fellow nurses and superiors; Dimension 4, Working in other countries, Dimension 5, Career development; Dimension 6, Ease of finding employment; Dimension 7, Working conditions; Dimension 8, Salary and benefits.

p-value is significant at 0.05