Table 1. Comparison between the demographic variables of nurses working in the emergency room and intensive care units. São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 2014-2015 (n=162).
| Variables | Unit | Total | p-value | ||
| Emergency room n(%) | Intensive care unit n(%) | n(%) | |||
| Marital status | |||||
| Married | 13(28.3) | 33(28.4) | 46(28.4) | 0.0058* | |
| Single | 33(71.7) | 66(56.9) | 99(61.1) | ||
| Stable union | - | 8(6.9) | 8(4.9) | ||
| Separated | - | 9(7.8) | 9(5.6) | ||
| Personal income‡ | |||||
| From 1 to 3 times the minimum wage | 9(19.6) | 3(2.6) | 12(7.4) | 0.0003† | |
| From 3 to 5 times | 17(37.0) | 68W(58.6) | 85(52.5) | ||
| More than 5 times | 20(43.5) | 45(38.8) | 65(40.1) | ||
| Mean (standard deviation) of the number of dependents on personal income | 1.1(0.9) | 1.6(1.5) | 1.5(1.3) | 0.0407† | |
| Mean (standard deviation) of the number of dependents on family income | 1.8(1.2) | 2.7(1.6) | 2.4(1.5) | 0.0016† | |
*Chi-square test, †Analysis of Variance, ‡Minimum wage: R$ 788.00, Jan 1st 2015, Brazil.