Table 1.

Nurses characteristics stratified by their intent to stay

				Intent to stay
		N	%	N	%	P-value
Intent to stay in job in coming 1 to 3 years	Stay	293	35.1	-	-
	Leave	542	64.9	-	-
Gender	Female	675	80.0	240	36.4	0.106
	Male	169	20.0	49	29.7
Age	< 30 years	486	58	131	27.5	< 0.001
	30 to 45 years	311	37.1	128	42.2
	≥ 46 years	41	4.9	27	69.2
Family status	Married with children	273	33.3	117	44.8	< 0.001
	Married without children	117	14.3	47	40.5
	Never married	429	52.4	110	26.1
Rural upbringing	Yes	665	82.0	220	34.0	0.264
	No	146	18.0	60	41.7
Highest degree institution	University	167	20.6	51	31.1	0.223
	Non-university	642	79.4	227	36.2
Type of degree	Technical	778	92.5	270	35.5	0.491
	University	63	7.5	19	31.2
Length of professional work as a nurse	< 5 years	420	49.0	116	28.1	< 0.001
	5 to 10 years	271	31.6	81	30.8
	11 to 15 years	70	8.2	38	54.3
	> 15 years	96	11.2	58	65.2
Working towards higher degree?	Yes	282	33.6	73	26.5	< 0.001
	No	558	66.4	220	40.2
Place of work	Hospital	760	88.7	233	31.5	< 0.001
	PHC	97	11.3	60	62.5
Attitudes about nursing (Yes/No questions, responses to the option ‘Yes’ are reported)
My family has a positive view about nursing		725	87.3	266	37.2	0.001
Other health professionals have a positive perception about nurses		589	73.0	221	38.2	0.003
My community has a positive image of the nursing profession		539	65.6	220	41.5	< 0.001
Most parents in this community would encourage their children to consider nursing as a career		342	41.9	143	42.6	< 0.001
I would encourage my nursing peers in other areas to move to my place of employment		348	40.6	161	47.2	< 0.001
Given the opportunity to choose my career all over again, I would choose nursing		264	30.8	129	50.4	< 0.001
I would encourage my daughters to consider nursing as a career		151	18.9	77	52.4	< 0.001
I would encourage my sons to consider nursing as a career		133	16.4	66	50.8	< 0.001