Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of incumbent nurses grouped by years of service (n=745)
| Career stage |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early (n=331) | Middle (n=282) | Late (n=132) | F or χ2 | |
| Years of age (SD) | 24.66 (2.109) | 30.79 (3.083) | 40.29 (5.525) | 1073.066*** |
| Years of schooling (SD) | 16.03 (0.810) | 16.07 (0.797) | 16.15 (1.095) | 0.889 |
| Marital status (%) | 345.573*** | |||
| Single | 251 (75.8%) | 35 (12.4%) | 2 (1.5%) | |
| Married | 75 (22.7%) | 239 (84.8%) | 119 (90.2%) | |
| Widowed or divorced | 5 (1.5%) | 8 (2.8%) | 11 (8.3%) | |
| Children (%) | 460.866*** | |||
| Yes | 24 (7.3%) | 226 (80.1%) | 128 (97.0%) | |
| No | 307 (92.7%) | 56 (19.9%) | 4 (3.0%) | |
***p<0.001.