Table 2.

Summary statistics for hospital-employed direct care registered nurses, by union status, 2004 and 2008

	2004 (N=6,577)			2008 (N=10,291)
Variables	Non Union Mean	Union Mean	Significance	Non Union Mean	Union Mean	Significance
Married	71.7%	68.1%	*	68.9%	73.6%	*
Female	93.1%	92.5%		90.8%	91.7%
Income (thousands)	50.3	55.7	***	59.2	65.4	***
Age (years)	42.1	43.4	***	41.8	42.4
Experience (years)	14.6	15.6	*	13.9	14.2
White	89.4%	82.8%	***	81.5%	73.2%	***
Asian	3.8%	8.1%	***	6.8%	13.3%	***
Black	4.3%	3.7%		5.5%	6.1%
Hispanic/Native Amer	1.9%	3.0%	*	4.6%	5.3%
Multi-racial	1.7%	2.4%		1.6%	2.1%
Diploma/Associate	55.1%	55.0%		53.6%	53.5%
Baccalaureate	38.2%	40.2%		39.1%	41.7%
Graduate Degree	6.8%	4.8%	***	7.3%	4.8%	***
Satisfied with Work	75.5%	73.3%		78.3%	77.1%

Mean difference tested using t-test;

^***p<.001;

^**p<.01;

^*p<.05;