Table 3.
Socio-demographic and occupational characteristics of the study sample.
| Total sample N = 3678 |
Physicians n = 1061 |
Nurses n = 1275 |
MTA⁎ n = 1342 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender, n (%) | ||||
| Women | 2751 (74.8) | 634 (59.8) | 960 (75.3) | 1157 (86.2) |
| Men | 912 (24.8) | 422 (39.8) | 307 (24.1) | 183 (13.6) |
| Divers | 15 (0.4) | 5 (0.5) | 8 (0.6) | 2 (0.1) |
| Age, years, n (%) | ||||
| 18–30 | 812 (22.1) | 152 (14.3) | 369 (28.9) | 291 (21.7) |
| 31–40 | 974 (26.5) | 365 (34.4) | 316 (24.8) | 293 (21.8) |
| 41–50 | 820 (22.3) | 250 (23.6) | 265 (20.8) | 305 (22.7) |
| 51–60 | 899 (24.4) | 234 (22.1) | 277 (21.7) | 388 (28.9) |
| 61–70 | 167 (4.5) | 56 (5.3) | 46 (3.6) | 65 (4.8) |
| >70 | 6 (0.2) | 4 (0.4) | 2 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) |
| Living alone, n (%) | ||||
| Yes | 869 (23.6) | 189 (17.8) | 338 (26.5) | 342 (25.5) |
| No | 2809 (76.4) | 872 (82.2) | 937 (73.5) | 1000 (74.5) |
| Children, n (%) | ||||
| Yes, in the household | 1385 (37.7) | 497 (46.8) | 442 (34.7) | 446 (33.2) |
| Yes, but not in the household | 472 (12.8) | 115 (10.8) | 157 (12.3) | 200 (14.9) |
| No | 1821 (49.5) | 449 (42.3) | 676 (53.0) | 696 (51.9) |
| Migration background, n (%) | ||||
| Yes | 429 (11.7) | 161 (15.2) | 152 (11.9) | 116 (8.6) |
| No | 3246 (88.3) | 899 (84.7) | 1121 (87.9) | 1226 (91.4) |
| Missing | 3 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 2 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) |
| Professional experience in patient care | ||||
| <3 years | 317 (8.6) | 132 (12.4) | 94 (7.4) | 91 (6.8) |
| 3–6 years | 441 (12.0) | 142 (13.4) | 184 (14.4) | 115 (8.6) |
| >6 years | 2498 (67.9) | 749 (70.6) | 968 (75.9) | 781 (58.2) |
| Not in patient care | 418 (11.4) | 37 (3.5) | 29 (2.3) | 352 (26.2) |
| Missing | 4 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.2) |
| Employment | ||||
| Full-time | 2456 (66.8) | 772 (72.8) | 790 (62.0) | 894 (66.6) |
| Part-time | 1217 (33.1) | 288 (27.1) | 485 (38.0) | 444 (33.1) |
| Missing | 5 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (0.3) |
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The group consisted of the following professional subgroups: Medical assistants, Medical-technical laboratory assistants, Medical-technical radiology assistants, Pharmaceutical-technical assistants.