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Table 1 Nurses outside of the nursing workforce for a period of 1 year in the past 10 years, by age

From: Registered nurses in Israel - workforce employment characteristics and projected supply

Age group

N = 2856

Total1

n = 2841

24-29

n = 205

30-34

n = 435

35-39

n = 496

40-44

n = 451

45-49

n = 416

50-54

n = 371

55-60

n = 467

Percentage of nurses reporting leave of at least 6 months in each age group

13.3

12.2

15.9

20.4

18.0

10.8

7.8

6.0

Percentage of age group temporarily outside of the workforce

1.9

1.7

2.2

2.9

2.5

1.5

1.1

0.8

  1. 1 This table is based on data on all the nurses working in the profession today (n = 2,856). As the age of 14 respondents was unknown, there is a discrepancy between the expected n and the number of respondents on the two questions.
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Israel Journal of Health Policy Research

ISSN: 2045-4015