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Table 2 Summary of participants' demographics from control and intervention sites.

From: Measuring the context of care in an Australian acute care hospital: a nurse survey

Demographic

Variable

Control

Intervention

Statistic

P

Gender

% Female

81.3

79.7

3.2A

0.21

Age

% 40 or over

37.6

42.9

0.39A

0.53

Staff position

% RN

52.1

60.2

9.1

0.17

 

% EN

21.9

20.3

  
 

% Assoc Clinical Service Coordinators

8.3

6.3

  

Highest qualification

% Diploma/Certificate

36.3

40.0

2.9B

0.41

 

% Bachelor

60.4

59.2

  
 

% Masters

2.2

0.0

  
 

% PhD, DN

1.1

0.8

  

Specialist courses

% completed

50.5

36.1

3.8A

0.051

Currently enrolled

% enrolled

22.6

19.8

0.10A

0.75

Length in current position

Median months

60

57

-1.08C

0.28

Length working on ward

Median months

56

36

1.05C

0.29

Hours worked last week

Mean hours

34.9

34.3

0.45D

0.65

Employment status

% Full time

47.9

49.6

0.02A

0.089

  1. Statistics presented include A chi-square, B Fisher's exact test, C Mann-Whitney U-test and D Student’s t-test