Table 1: Socio-demographic and working characteristics of the nurses (n:1039).

Variables

n

%

Gender

 

 

Female

Male

913

126

87.9

12.1

Marital Status

 

 

Married

Single

572

467

55.1

44.9

Those with children

 

 

Yes

No

470

569

45.2

54.8

Family Type

 

 

Nuclear family

Extended family

Single parent (Widow)

Living alone

783

89

49

118

75.4

8.6

4.7

11.3

Child Care (n:470)

 

 

Spouses care in turn

Cared in the house of family elders

Cared by family elders in our house

Nanny  

301

84

74

11

64.0

17.8

15.7

2.5

Those with chronic disease

 

 

Yes*

No

235

804

22.6

77.4

Education status

 

 

Health vocational high School

University graduate

118

920

11.4

88.6

Working institution

 

 

Public Hospital

University   Hospital

Private Hospital

Family Health Center

651

181

140

67

62.7

17.4

13.5

6.4

Working Department

 

 

Internal Medicine – Surgery

Pediatric - Pediatric emergency

Adult intensive care - emergency

Pediatric – newborn intensive care

Outpatient clinic-Operating Room -FHM- venipuncture -ECG

158

90

224

143

424

15.2

8.7

21.6

13.8

40.7

Working year

 

 

10 years and less

11 years and more

609

430

58.6

41.4

Shift type

 

 

Day

Shift

24 hour block

343

426

270

33.0

41.0

26.0