Table 2.

Reported overtime, agency nursing or moonlighting in the preceding year

Variable	%	Overtime	%	Agency nursing	%	Moonlighting
Overall	56.0		37.8		28.0
Sex
Male	53.9	NS	36.0	NS	31.1	NS
Female	56.1		37.9		27.7
Age group
< 25 years	34.0		34.8		23.5
25–34 years	52.3		41.4		30.1
35–44 years	60.9	***	43.4	***	33.1	***
45–54 years	57.5		33.6		25.8
55+ years	55.4		24.6		15.8
Province
Gauteng Province	58.1		53.6		37.1
Eastern Cape	44.2	**	11.9	***	11.1	***
Western Cape	60.2		37.9		28.7
Free State	69.2		33.1		30.3
Primary employer
Provincial government	54.7		28.4		24.2
Private health sector	68.7	***	58.4	***	40.6	***
Nursing agency	35.6		79.4		34.1
Nursing category
Professional nurse	57.9		39.6		32.7
Enrolled nurse	57.1	NS	40.9	*	28.9	***
Auxiliary nurse/ENA	52.5		33.4		20.5
Work unit
Paediatric critical care	61.7		64.4		38.2
Adult critical care	63.0		72.4		59.0
Theatre	66.1	**	32.6	***	24.9	***
Emergency	60.2		33.6		23.9
Maternity	56.6		42.6		31.9
General wards	49.2		31.7		23.3

NS: Non-significant

^*p<0.05

^**p<0.01

^***p<0.001 (Chi-squared test).