Table 1.

Health system consequences of moonlighting and agency work

			Felt too tired to work while on duty		Paid less attention to nursing work while on duty		Took sick leave when not actually sick		Stayed away from work without authority		Involved in a medico-legal incident		Any of these		Composite Consequence Index 1 (MCA*)
Variable		n	%	p	%	p	%	p	%	p	%	p	%	p	Mean	p
Total		3708	51.5		11.5		10.9		5.6		2.9		55.8		0.761
Moonlighting or agency	No	2143	52.2	0.442	10.3	0.035	9.7	0.011	4.9	0.090	2.6	0.169	56.5	0.463	−0.018	0.138
nursing	Yes	1473	50.5		13.2		12.9		6.5		3.4		55.0		0.032
Province	Gauteng	1638	55.6	0.005	13.6	0.049	13.2	0.018	6.9	0.012	3.1	0.299	59.5	0.007	0.197	<0.001
	Eastern Cape	945	54.6		10.6		10.4		6.0		2.4		59.4		0.001
	Western Cape	800	44.2		9.2		9.3		3.3		2.7		48.1		−0.102
	Free State	325	40.5		9.4		5.5		4.3		4.4		45.6		−0.135
Sex	Male	289	53.4	0.621	14.4	0.135	14.8	0.090	6.7	0.416	3.5	0.579	58.6	0.447	0.230	<0.001
	Female	3412	51.3		11.2		10.6		5.5		2.9		55.5		−0.013
Age group	<25 years	139	54.5	<0.001	14.3	0.017	14.8	<0.001	7.2	<0.001	4.0	0.290	60.4	<0.001	0.183	<0.001
	25–34 years	926	59.4		15.1		16.6		9.5		4.0		63.9		0.235
	35–44 years	1024	52.4		11.0		11.0		5.2		2.9		56.6		0.026
	45–54 years	1060	50.0		10.4		8.9		4.4		2.3		54.4		−0.094
	55+ years	430	35.8		8.3		3.5		1.7		1.9		40.3		−0.315
Marital status	Married/living together	1667	51.9	0.011	11.5	0.513	11.0	0.231	4.8	<0.001	3.2	0.509	56.5	0.004	−0.021	0.007
	Single	1495	53.3		10.9		11.6		7.4		2.4		57.7		0.071
	Divorced/widowed	530	44.7		13.1		8.2		3.2		3.3		47.9		−0.070
Any children?	No	619	56.6	0.084	15.6	0.012	13.2	0.099	4.9	0.457	4.1	0.129	62.3	0.016	0.120	0.002
	Yes	3089	50.5		10.7		10.5		5.8		2.7		54.5		−0.019
Sector	Public	2692	54.3	<0.001	11.0	0.012	11.5	0.011	5.8	0.002	2.4	0.041	58.3	<0.001	0.078	<0.001
	Private	681	46.5		15.1		7.1		2.9		4.2		51.9		−0.075
	Agency	259	35.3		8.7		12.7		9.1		3.6		39.7		−0.113
Nursing category	Professional nurse	1759	57.4	<0.001	15.2	<0.001	12.3	0.134	5.5	0.526	3.9	0.010	61.5	<0.001	0.110	<0.001
	Enrolled nurse	740	52.1		9.1		10.6		6.6		2.2		56.3		−0.038
	Nursing assistant	1209	42.3		7.4		9.1		5.2		2.0		47.0		−0.162
Unit	General wards	1160	51.3	0.482	12.1	0.134	11.1	0.962	6.1	0.258	3.1	0.632	56.1	0.305	−0.007	0.355
	Maternity	599	52.5		8.9		11.2		4.2		2.8		55.7		−0.044
	ICU	536	50.5		14.7		11.8		4.1		3.2		56.4		0.062
	Theatre	570	55.2		11.6		10.1		7.5		1.9		59.7		0.039
	Other	834	49.1		10.5		10.6		5.7		3.1		52.3		−0.012
Years working at	Less than 1 year	404	47.2	0.257	10.7	0.146	8.4	0.005	4.8	0.389	2.3	0.005	50.6	0.310	−0.047	<0.001
primary job	1–4 years	982	53.2		10.3		11.6		6.9		4.0		57.4		0.054
	5–9 years	675	55.3		14.5		15.8		6.3		2.1		59.2		0.097
	10–14 years	339	54.9		13.1		13.4		4.5		4.6		58.5		0.037
	15–19 years	312	53.0		13.5		8.4		3.8		4.6		57.9		−0.029
	20 or more years	904	49.0		10.2		7.6		4.9		1.3		54.3		−0.106

Type 1 indicators in all nurses; Statistically significant relationships in bold.

^*Multiple correspondence analysis.