Table 3.

Nurse Characteristics: Rural Subtypes and Urban

Nurse Characteristics	Overall n=22,215†	Urban n=20,880¶	Large n=1,065§	Small n=187‡	Isolated n=83††	P¶¶
Job Status (%)						.00**
Full-Time	64	64	69	64	64
Part-Time	26	27	22	21	19
Per-diem	9	9	8	15	17
Age, (mean)	44.5	44.5	45.5	46.4	49.4	.00**
Years of Experience, (mean)	16.5	16.4	17.5	16.8	18.2	.01*
Sex (%)						.08
Female	93	93	94	95	92
Male	7	7	6	5	8

Notes.

^†n’s of overall nurses vary from 15,789–22,215 due to missing data

^¶n’s of urban nurses vary from 14,642–20,880 due to missing data

^§n’s of large rural nurses vary from 901–1,065 due to missing data

^‡n’s of small rural vary from 176–187 due to missing data

^††n’s of isolated rural vary from 70–83 due to missing data

^¶¶p values generated from χ² for categorical variables, and from F-test (analysis of variance) for the continuous variables.

^*p<0.05

^**p<0.01