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Table 6 Correlation between respondent characteristics and participation in at least one training and education programme

From: Capacity of middle management in health-care organizations for working with people—the case of Slovenian hospitals

Variable

Description

Training and education programme

P

No

Yes

Area of employment

Health-care provision

448

314

0.506

58.8%

41.2%

Health administration

84

51

62.2%

37.8%

Employment position

Leader

26

93

<0.001

  

21.8%

78.2%

 
 

Employee

506

272

 
  

65.0%

35.0%

 

Sex

Male

82

94

<0.001

  

46.6%

53.4%

 
 

Female

443

263

 
  

62.7%

37.3%

 

Level of education

Secondary

299

86

<0.001

77.7%

22.3%

Junior/professional college

162

155

51.1%

48.9%

University

20

81

19.8%

80.2%

MSc or PhD

4

30

11.8%

88.2%

Area of work

Medical professional

33

70

<0.001

  

32.0%

68.0%

 
 

Nursing professional

333

176

 
  

65.4%

34.6%

 
 

Health administration

107

109

 
  

49.5%

50.5%

 

Age

 

mean = 38.3

mean = 40.0

0.016

(SD = 10.1)

(SD = 9.8)

Length of employment

 

mean = 15.3

mean = 15.0

0.692

(SD = 10.7)

(SD = 10.1)

Number of subordinate employees (leader) or of employees (employee)

 

mean = 28.0

mean = 24.6

0.185

(SD = 41.8)

(SD = 24.3)

Number of years in leading position

 

mean = 7.8

mean = 8.7

0.593

(SD = 5.8)

(SD = 7.1)

  1. Descriptive variables: frequency, category shares and Fisher’s exact test statistics; numeric variables: mean, standard deviation and Student’s t-test statistics; SD, standard deviation.