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. 2012 Dec 31;7:122. doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-7-122

Table 6.

Comparisons of demographic characteristics of respondents at both Time 1 and time 2 and CNO databasea

Variable Mean (SD)/Count (Proportion)
p value
T1b T2b CNO T1 vs CNO T2 vs CNO T1 vs T2
Age
43.4 (10.8)
44.7 (10.2)
45.88 (12.0)
<0.0001
0.0487
0.0425
Experience in nursing
13.3 (10.8)
14.9 (11.4)
18.61 (12.9)
<0.0001
0.0009
0.1887
Female
680 (95.9)
443 (95.9)
144167 (94.6)
0.8524
0.8822
0.9850
Professional designationRN
527 (73.7)
350 (75.4)
114625 (75.7)
<0.0001
<0.0001
0.3239
RPN
168 (23.5)
99 (21.3)
36574 (24.0)
RN (EC)
20 (2.8)
15 (3.2)
1206 (0.8)
EducationDiploma/Certificate
422 (59.3)
277 (60.1)
97857 (68.7)
<0.0001
<0.0001
0.6458
Bachelors
229 (32.2)
140 (30.4)
36745 (25.8)
Masters and Doctorate 61 (8.6) 44 (9.6) 7841 (5.5)      

T1=Time 1, T2=Time 2, and CNO=College of Nurse of Ontario database.

at test for age and Experience in nursing, binomial proportion test for Female, and chi-square test for Education.

bCalculations were based on the number of surveys returned with valid response at Time 1 and Time 2.