Table 1.
Demographic and occupational characteristics of the study population, among hospital and community nurses.
| Demographic characteristics | Hospital n = 85 |
Community n = 45 |
Total n = 130 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | |||
| Mean (SD) | 39.1 (10.6) | 42.2 (9.1) | 39.9 (10.1) |
| Median [Interquartile Range (IQR)] | 37.5 [30.0–46.0] | 42.0 [36.0–49.0] | 38.0 [32.0–46.0] |
| Gender (%)⁎⁎ | |||
| Female | 78.8 | 92.5 | 83.2 |
| Male | 21.2 | 7.5 | 16.8 |
| Family status “married or living with a partner” (%) | 76.5 | 72.5 | 75.2 |
| Parental status “has children” (%) | 57.6 | 60.0 | 58.4 |
| Birth country (%) | |||
| Israel | 52.9 | 57.5 | 54.4 |
| Othera | 47.1 | 42.5 | 45.6 |
| Population group (%) | |||
| Jewish | 90.6 | 85.0 | 88.8 |
| Arabs and Bedouins | 9.4 | 15.0 | 11.2 |
| Level of religiosity (%) | |||
| Secular | 70.2 | 72.5 | 71.0 |
| Traditional | 19.0 | 22.5 | 20.2 |
| Religious | 10.8 | 5.0 | 8.9 |
| Education (%) | |||
| RN | 5.9 | 7.5 | 6.4 |
| RN,BA | 60.0 | 42.5 | 54.4 |
| RN,MA | 34.1 | 50.0 | 39.2 |
| Advanced clinical nursing course (%) | 57.6 | 62.5 | 59.2 |
| Occupation seniority (years)⁎⁎ | |||
| Mean (SD) | 11.3 (10.1) | 15.8 (9.6) | 12.6 (10.0) |
| Median [IQR] | 8.0 [2.0–20.0] | 15.5 [8.5–19.75] | 11.0 [4.0–20.0] |
| Form of Employment (%)⁎⁎ | |||
| Full time job | 60.0 | 40.0 | 53.6 |
| Part time job | 40.0 | 60.0 | 46.4 |
| Managerial position (%)⁎⁎ | 11.8 | 50.0 | 24.0 |
a
78% of immigrants came from Former Soviet Union (FSU).
⁎⁎
p value for the difference between hospital and community nurses <.05.