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Table 1 Descriptive statistics

From: The paradox of falling job satisfaction with rising job stickiness in the German nursing workforce between 1990 and 2013

 

1990–2002

2003–2013

Age (years)

35.7

(10.8)

41.9

(10.4)

Female (%)

82.3

79.1a

Years of education (years)

12.0

(1.6)

12.3

(1.5)

Part time (%)

23.0

35.4a

Stickiness (%)

91.2

92.9

Gross income (€)

1.837.4

(957.2)

2133.4a

(872,2)

Job satisfaction

7.3

(2.0)

6.7a

(2.2)

Number of observations

2 430

2 684

  1. Notes: the 1990 wave is used to predict turnover in 1991; standard deviations are in parentheses. Income adjusted by the Consumer price index with base 2010.
  2. aStatistically different from that of nurses on at least a 5% significance level
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