Table 1.
Overall and sub-sample frequency distribution by demographic and job-related variables
| Demographic variables | Overall (N = 286) |
Doctors/ Dentists (N = 67) |
Nurses (N = 219) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||
| Male | 90 (31.5%) | 43 (64.2%) | 47 (21.5%) |
| Female | 196 (68.5%) | 24 (35.8%) | 172 (78.5%) |
| Sector | |||
| Medical | 114 (39.9%) | 19 (28.4%) | 95 (43.4%) |
| Surgical | 90 (31.5%) | 20 (29.8%) | 70 (31.9%) |
| A+E/Outpatients | 75 (26.2%) | 21 (31.4%) | 54 (24.7%) |
| Laboratory | 7 (2.4%) | 7 (10.4%) | - |
| Age group | |||
| <25 | 36 (12.6%) | - | 36 (16.4%) |
| 25-35 | 74 (25.9%) | 4 (5.9%) | 70 (31.9%) |
| 36-45 | 63 (22.0%) | 21 (31.4%) | 42 (19.3%) |
| 46-55 | 85 (29.7%) | 25 (37.3%) | 60 (27.4%) |
| >55 | 28 (9.8%) | 17 (25.4%) | 11 (5.0%) |
| Years in public service | |||
| <5 | 83 (29.0%) | 16 (23.9%) | 67 (30.6%) |
| 5-10 | 50 (17.5%) | 17 (25.4%) | 33 (15.1%) |
| 11-20 | 70 (24.5%) | 20 (29.9%) | 50 (22.9%) |
| 21-30 | 58 (20.3%) | 13 (19.3%) | 45 (20.5%) |
| >30 | 25 (8.7%) | 1 (1.5%) | 24 (10.9%) |
| Management position | |||
| Yes | 67 (23.4%) | 18 (26.8%) | 49 (22.4%) |
| No | 219 (76.6%) | 49 (73.2%) | 170 (77.6%) |