Table 2 Characteristics of contract-based nurses and ‘bianzhi’ nurses
Contract-based nurses (n = 4,988) | ‘Bianzhi’ nurses (n = 4,710) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nurse characteristic | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | P value |
Age (years) | 25.7 | 0.06 | 32.6 | 0.11 | <0.01 |
Years of experience as a nurse | 4.7 | 0.07 | 12.3 | 0.11 | <0.01 |
Years of working in the current hospital | 3.9 | 4.38 | 11.5 | 7.5 | <0.01 |
n | % | n | % | ||
Male | 74 | 1.5 | 27 | 0.6 | <0.01 |
Bachelor’s degree or above | 743 | 15.0 | 1302 | 28.2 | <0.01 |
Married | 1737 | 34.9 | 3566 | 77.7 | <0.01 |
Have children | 1068 | 21.7 | 2843 | 62.7 | <0.01 |