Table 1. Descriptive characteristics and job satisfaction of the nursing samples and ANOVA analysis results.

Variables	Number	Percent (%)	IWS mean score(Part B)		ANOVAP
			Mean	SD	value
Gender
Female	444	100.00	3.07	0.44
Age(years)					0.0342*
< = 20	17	3.83	3.34	0.49
20~30	234	52.70	3.09	0.45
30~40	114	25.68	3.00	0.39
40~50	62	13.96	3.06	0.46
>50	17	3.83	3.10	0.43
Marital status					0.0258*
Single/Widow/divorced	164	36.94	3.13	0.44
Married	280	63.06	3.04	0.44
Education level					<0.0001**
Technical nursing school diploma or lower	85	19.14	3.01	0.39
College degree	171	38.51	2.98	0.40
Bachelor degree	89	20.05	3.12	0.50
Master degree or above	99	22.30	3.26	0.44
Professional status					<0.0001**
Nurse and Senior Nurse	339	76.35	3.13	0.42
Nurse-in-Charge	54	12.16	2.90	0.42
Assistant Chief Senior Nurse	35	7.88	2.82	0.48
Chief Senior Nurse	16	3.60	3.02	0.53
Duration of experience in nursing (years)					0.0658
0~9	250	56.31	3.12	0.46
9~19	118	26.58	3.03	0.38
19~29	54	12.16	2.96	0.45
>30	22	4.95	3.09	0.39
Type of institution				-0.2301	<0.0001**
PNH	120	27.03	3.33	0.44
MIANHs	123	27.70	2.96	0.43
Community health service center	201	45.27	2.99	0.38
Geographic location					<0.0001**
City center	210	47.30	2.98	0.43
Suburb	137	30.86	3.27	0.45
Exurb	97	21.85	3.01	0.36
Size (Bed number)					<0.0001**
50-	67	15.09	3.01	0.42
50–100	82	18.47	2.94	0.38
100–500	175	39.41	2.98	0.40
500+	120	27.03	3.33	0.44
Practice environment level					<0.0001**
Unfavorable	31	6.98	2.55	0.51
Mixed	90	20.27	2.75	0.29
Favorable	323	72.75	3.21	0.38

**P<0.01

*P<0.05