Health and intention to leave the profession of nursing - which individual, social and organisational resources buffer the impact of quantitative demands? A cross-sectional study

Table 3 Socio-demographic data (n = 1316)

Variable		Number	Percent
sex	male	163	12.7
sex	female	1119	87.3
age	≤ 39 years	342	26.5
	40–49 years	366	28.4
	≥ 50 years	582	45.1
marital status	single	316	24.8
	married	722	56.8
	divorced	207	16.3
	widowed	27	2.1
children in household	no	708	55.5
children in household	yes	567	44.5
education	without a school-leaving qualification/ secondary school leaving certificate/ other qualification	72	5.6
	intermediate school-leaving certificate	674	52.5
	qualification for university entrance	538	41.9
grade	nursing assistant/ in training	221	17.2
	geriatric nurse	136	10.6
	nurse	835	64.8
	university graduate	96	7.5
working area	SAPV	337	25.6
	hospice	538	40.9
	palliative unit	441	33.5
duration of nursing activities	0–15 years	401	30.5
	16–30 years	616	47.4
	31–50 years	283	21.8
exercise of nursing procedures^a	no	233	17.9
exercise of nursing procedures^a	yes	1071	82.1
extent of employment	full-time job	575	44.4
	≥ 76%	183	14.1
	51–75%	316	24.4
	≤ 50%	221	17.1
fund	publicly-owned	338	26.4
	private	209	16.4
	independent	731	57.2

Shown are valid percentages; missing values: sex (n = 34), age (n = 26), marital status (n = 44), children in household (n = 41), graduation (n = 32), education (n = 28), duration of nursing activities (n = 16), extent of employment (n = 21), fund (n = 38); ^aNurses working in SAPV institutions can work only in an advisory function, this means they, for example, coordinate the outpatient care with SAPV care or consultant the family members. These nurses do not patient care in traditional sense [48]

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