Table 4.
Employment history and career advancement of the first-wave of the Thai Nurse Cohort Study
| Characteristics | Initial Cohort (n = 18 756) | New Entry Cohort (n = 1156) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | |
| Institute from which graduated | ||||
| Public university | 1215 | (7.9) | 0 | (0) |
| Nursing colleges under Ministry of Public Health | 11 964 | (78.0) | 651 | (77.8) |
| Other nursing colleges | 1590 | (10.3) | 142 | (17.0) |
| Private institutes | 574 | (3.8) | 44 | (5.2) |
| Having been under contracted scholarship | ||||
| Yes | 14 408 | (79.5) | 712 | (65.9) |
| No | 3712 | (20.5) | 368 | (34.1) |
| Employment upon started working | ||||
| Undergraduate level | ||||
| Public health worker | 623 | (3.4) | 4 | (0.3) |
| Assistant nurse | 1152 | (6.2) | 0 | (0) |
| Technical nurse | 4220 | (22.7) | 4 | (0.3) |
| Graduate level | ||||
| Registered nurse | 11 739 | (63.1) | 1103 | (96.5) |
| Nurse lecturer | 190 | (1.0) | 22 | (1.9) |
| Others | 687 | (3.6) | 10 | (1.0) |
| Career advancement among initial cohorts who started working at undergraduate level (n = 5833) | ||||
| Remain unchanged | 1365 | (23.4) | ||
| Upgraded to Bachelor degree | 3915 | (67.1) | ||
| Upgraded to Master degree | 497 | (8.5) | ||
| Upgraded to Doctoral level | 2 | (0.03) | ||
| Others | 54 | (0.9) | ||