Table 1.

Descriptive statistics.

	Hospital A	Hospital B
Response Rate	59.6% (n=121)	54.2% (n=78)
Gender (% female)	97.5	96.2
Race (% white, not Hispanic)	93.4	94.9
Education (% completing college)	93.4	97.4
Age*
18-29	33.1	56.4
30-39	32.2	20.5
40-49	24.8	15.4
50+	9.9	7.7
Shift
Day	43.0	43.6
Evening / Afternoon	32.2	2.6†
Night	24.8	37.2
Other (e.g. weekends)	10.7	16.7
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
Hours / week**	31.3(7.8)	37.3 (6.8)
Job tenure**	8.9 (8.1)	4.4 (5.7)
Unit tenure**	8.1 (7.6)	3.9 (5.4)
Employer tenure**	9.2 (8.2)	4.8 (5.9)
Occupation tenure**	11.6 (9.4)	7.7 (8.0)

^*p ≤ 0.05 (Pearson chi-square)

^**p ≤ 0.05 (t-test, equal variances not assumed)

^†Hospital B had limited options for evening shifts; the majority of nurses were allowed only 12-hour shifts