Table 3.

Demographic resultsCharacteristic.

	Sample%(n) OR Min–Max	NMBI Population 2010	NMBI Population 2016
Gender (%) (n)
Female	96.0% (719)	94.1% (34,289)
Male	4.4% (33)	6.0% (2152)
Age in years
(Minimum-Maximum) (22–64) (n = 726) 20–35 36–50 51–64	40% (300) 46% (333) 14% (93)	43.4% (15,833) 42% (15,233) 14.6% (5375)	30% (10,794) 51% (18,125) 19% (6694)
Nationality (%) (n)
Irish	72.1% (542)	67%(24,282)	50% (17,670)
Other EU	5.1% (38)	6%(2270)	26% (9240)
Non-EU	23.0% (172)	27%(9731)	24% (8703)
Marital Status Married/Co-habiting Single Other dependant Children Yes No Years of nursing experience since first registered	75% (562) 21% (156) 4% (32) 64.5% (464) 35.5% (257) 14.9(8.9)(1–40)
Working in Employment (%) (n)
Fulltime	72.8% (547)
Part-time	27.2% (204)
Interrupted employment Yes No	63% (470) 37% (276)
Type of health setting currently employed (%)(n) Public hospital/Private hospital Nursing home/Hospice Community (Public health, community)	65.4% (489) 16.7% (125) 17.9% (134)
Years working in current area Grade at which currently employed Staff nurse Clinical nurse manager 1 Clinical nurse manager 2 Clinical nurse manager 3 Assistant Director of Nursing Director of Nursing Other Type of clinical area currently employed General wards Specialist units (ITU, CCU, A&E, Theatre) Care of Older Person Oncology/Palliative Outpatients/Day services GP services Intellectual disability Other	7.83(6.2),(1–39) 75.4% (567) 4.7% (35) 8.5% (64) 1.5% (11) 0.9% (7) 1.6% (12) 2.8% (21) 27.2% (205) 19% (141) 16.5% (124) 10.8% (81) 6% (44) 4.4% (33) 2.8% (21) 2.7% (20) 10% (76)
Level of Education Hospital based registration training Post registration certificate Diploma Bachelor's degree Higher/Post graduate Diploma Post graduate degree	19% (143) 5% (37) 16% (115) 36% (271) 19% (145) 5% (40)
Provided unpaid regular help to relative, friend or neighbour Yes No	21% (144) 79% (541)
Self-rated level of health Excellent to very good health Good health Fair to poor health	72% (540) 24% (177) 4% (33)