Table 2 Comparing nurses’ characteristics by location of practice
From: A national study on nurses’ retention in healthcare facilities in underserved areas in Lebanon
Hospital | PHC | P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | |||
Gender | ||||||
Female | 584 | 78.0 | 91 | 95.8 | < 0.001 | |
Male | 165 | 22.0 | 4 | 4.2 | ||
Age | ||||||
< 30 years | 455 | 61.2 | 31 | 32.6 | < 0.001 | |
30 to 45 years | 260 | 35.0 | 51 | 53.7 | ||
≥ 46 years | 28 | 3.8 | 13 | 13.7 | ||
Married with children | ||||||
Married with children | 219 | 30.1 | 54 | 58.7 | < 0.001 | |
Married without children | 108 | 14.9 | 9 | 9.8 | ||
Never married | 400 | 55.0 | 29 | 31.5 | ||
Rural upbringing? | ||||||
Yes | 598 | 83.2 | 67 | 72.8 | 0.015 | |
No | 121 | 16.8 | 25 | 27.2 | ||
Highest degree institution | ||||||
University | 147 | 20.5 | 20 | 22.0 | 0.738 | |
Technical | 571 | 79.5 | 71 | 78.0 | ||
Type of degree | ||||||
Technical | 686 | 91.7 | 92 | 98.9 | 0.013 | |
University | 62 | 8.3 | 1 | 1.1 | ||
How long have they worked professionally as a nurse | ||||||
< 5 years | 389 | 51.2 | 31 | 32.0 | < 0.001 | |
5 to 10 years | 247 | 32.5 | 24 | 24.7 | ||
11 to 15 years | 61 | 8.0 | 9 | 9.3 | ||
> 15 years | 63 | 8.3 | 33 | 34.0 | ||
Intent to stay in your current job for the foreseeable future (the coming 1 to 3 years)? | ||||||
Stay | 233 | 31.5 | 60 | 62.5 | < 0.001 | |
Leave | 506 | 68.5 | 36 | 37.5 | ||
Working towards a higher degree | ||||||
Yes | 261 | 34.9 | 21 | 22.6 | 0.017 | |
No | 486 | 65.1 | 72 | 77.4 | ||
Attitudes about nursing (these were a series of Yes/No questions, responses to the option ‘Yes’ are reported) | ||||||
My community has a positive image of the nursing profession | 463 | 63.6 | 76 | 80.9 | 0.004 | |
Other health professionals have a positive perception about nurses | 508 | 71.1 | 81 | 87.1 | 0.004 | |
My family has a positive view about nursing | 636 | 86.3 | 89 | 95.7 | 0.032 | |
Most parents in this community would encourage their children to consider nursing as a career | 293 | 40.5 | 49 | 53.3 | 0.051 | |
I would encourage my sons to consider nursing as a career | 110 | 15.2 | 23 | 25.6 | 0.042 | |
I would encourage my daughters to consider nursing as a career | 117 | 16.5 | 34 | 37.8 | < 0.001 | |
Given the opportunity to choose my career all over again, I would choose nursing | 212 | 27.9 | 52 | 53.6 | < 0.001 | |
I would encourage my nursing peers in other areas to move to my place of employment | 286 | 37.6 | 62 | 63.9 | < 0.001 | |