Table 3 Employment status by region of primary employment
From: Nurses who work in rural and remote communities in Canada: a national survey
Nursing employment status | Atlantic n (%) | QC n (%) | ON n (%) | MB/SK n (%) | AB/BC n (%) | Territories n (%) | Total N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FT permanent | 625 (65.6) | 162 (52.1) | 257 (61.5) | 391 (46.8) | 255 (39.2) | 337 (54.9) | 2 027 (53.6) |
PT permanent | 203 (21.3) | 135 (43.4) | 130 (31.1) | 317 (38.0) | 282 (43.3) | 92 (15.0) | 1 159 (30.6) |
Job share | 5 (0.5) | – | – | 14 (1.7) | – | 17 (2.8) | 43 (1.1) |
Casual | 129 (13.5) | 10 (3.2) | 43 (10.3) | 154 (18.4) | 135 (20.7) | 127 (20.7) | 598 (15.8) |
Contract/term | 23 (2.4) | 5 (1.6) | 8 (1.9) | 25 (3.0) | 22 (3.4) | 89 (14.5) | 172 (4.5) |
Total sample | 953 | 311 | 418 | 835 | 651 | 614 | 3 782 |