Forecasting supply and demand in nursing professions: impacts of occupational flexibility and employment structure in Germany

Table 3 Occupational mobility by hours of work

Three-digit level of initial vocational qualification		Full-time			Part-time			Marginal employment
Three-digit level of initial vocational qualification		Mover out of OF 48	Stayer in OF 48	Number of cases	Mover out of OF 48	Stayer in OF 48	Number of cases	Mover out of OF 48	Stayer in OF 48	Number of cases
853	Formally trained^a nurses/midwives	11.8%	88.2%	3723	12.3%	87.7%	1946	39.3%	60.7%	513
854	Formally trained auxiliary nurses	29.1%	70.9%	250	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP
864	Formally trained geriatric nurses	10.6%	89.4%	1011	11.7%	88.3%	496	36,4%	63,6%	116
-	All formally trained nursing professionals	12.4%	87.6%	4984	12.7%	87.3%	2523	39.3%	60.7%	661
OF 48: health care professionals without license to practice medicine		22.1%	77.9%	9865	22.5%	77.5%	5177	42.6%	57.4%	1895

OF, occupational field; ^aformally trained: at least one year of training; NP, not published due to small sample size.
Source: Federal Statistical Office: Microcensus 2005; own calculations.

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