Table 2.
Staff characteristic descriptive statistics
| Wave 1 | Wave 2 | Wave 3 | Wave 4 | Wave 5 | Unique Individuals | |
| (n = 124) | (n = 106) | (n = 115) | (n = 113) | (n = 115) | n = 251 | |
| Age (mean; [sd]) | 41.6 [10.7] | 40.9 [11.2] | 42.2 [11.3] | 41.5 [10.9] | 40.6 [11.9] | 38.8 [11.8] |
| Gender (% Male) | 8.1 | 5.7 | 8.7 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 10.4 |
| Race (% African American) | 39.5 | 41.5 | 44.4 | 44.3 | 47.0 | 47.0 |
| Marital status (% Married) | 38.7 | 41.5 | 44.4 | 43.4 | 40 | 37.1 |
| Job category (% Nurse Aides) | 59.7 | 64.2 | 60.0 | 59.3 | 61.7 | 61.4 |
| Fulltime (%) | 85.5 | 84.0 | 82.6 | 71.7 | 68.7 | 75.7 |
| Tenure: | ||||||
| Less then 1 year | 33.1 | 34.0 | 26.1 | 31.0 | 36.5 | 52.2 |
| 1 to 5 years | 29.8 | 37.7 | 43.5 | 42.5 | 37.4 | 24.3 |
| Over 5 years | 37.1 | 28.3 | 30.4 | 26.6 | 26.1 | 23.5 |
| Perceived High Quality | 54.0 | 43.4 | 57.4 | 52.2 | 60.0 | 55.8 |