Table 2.

Demographics and characteristics of nurses from 2005 to 2018

Year	Overall health institutions				Hospitals				Primary care institutions*
	2005	2010	2015	2018	2005	2010	2015	2018	2005	2010	2015	2018
Gender
Male	1.7	1.7	2.0	2.3	1.6	1.8	2.2	2.7	2.3	1.5	1.3	1.3
Female	98.3	98.3	98.0	97.7	98.4	98.2	97.8	97.3	97.7	98.5	98.7	98.7
Age
Under 25	10.1	14.1	14.1	9.7	10.2	14.7	15.0	9.7	9.1	12.3	12.0	9.0
25–34	40.3	39.6	46.8	50.6	38.2	39.0	48.8	53.1	52.6	42.5	39.9	42.7
35–44	31.6	26.9	22.0	22.1	32.7	26.6	19.9	20.6	25.6	30.1	31.6	28.7
45–54	17.3	16.9	14.0	12.7	18.1	17.6	13.7	12.1	12.1	13.4	14.7	16.3
55–59	0.6	2.2	2.0	3.4	0.6	2.0	1.9	3.4	0.5	1.5	1.4	2.7
60 or above	0.1	0.4	1.1	1.5	0.1	0.2	0.7	1.1	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.6
Work experience (years)
Under 5	14.1	23.6	29.7	21.3	14.0	24.3	31.4	21.7	14.3	21.1	25.8	19.5
5–9	19.4	16.2	24.1	31.2	17.5	16.5	24.8	32.5	30.2	13.8	21.0	27.2
10–19	35.9	29.1	20.6	23.9	36.3	27.2	19.1	23.7	35.0	39.0	25.8	23.6
20–29	22.7	21.8	16.7	14.3	23.8	22.8	16.1	13.1	16.6	18.9	20.5	21.4
30 or above	7.7	9.3	8.8	9.3	8.3	9.3	8.5	9.1	3.9	7.2	6.9	8.3
Education
Master’s or above	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bachelor’s	2.7	8.7	14.5	20.8	3.2	10.5	16.7	23.5	0.4	2.6	6.9	13.4
Associate’s	28.9	42.5	47.9	48.9	31.8	45.5	50.3	50.4	14.1	32.8	39.9	44.4
Vocational education	60.4	46.0	36.3	29.6	57.7	41.5	31.9	25.5	73.9	60.4	51.2	41.1
High school or below	7.9	2.7	1.1	0.6	7.3	2.5	1.0	0.5	11.6	4.2	2.0	1.1

*Estimated by authors based on demographics data of community health service stations and township health centres.