Table 1 Demographic and professional characteristics of the study population by graduating class
From: Components of professional satisfaction among novice nurses
Demographic and professional characteristics | Graduating class | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014–2018 | 2015–2019 | 2016–2020 | 2017–2021 | 2018–2022 | Total | |
n = 30 | n = 45 | n = 43 | n = 50 | n = 48 | n = 216 | |
Age (years) mean (SD) | 28.0 (3.6) | 28.8 (3.9) | 27.8 (3.0) | 27.5 (3.6) | 27.3 (2.0) | 27.8 (3.3) |
Sex (%) | ||||||
 Female | 90.0 | 93.3 | 86.0 | 88.0 | 83.3 | 88.0 |
 Male | 10.0 | 6.7 | 14.0 | 12.0 | 16.7 | 12.0 |
Married or living with a partner (%) | 70.0 | 57.8 | 67.4 | 64.0 | 79.2 | 67.1 |
Has children (%) | 46.7 | 33.3 | 39.5 | 46.0 | 22.9 | 37.0 |
Birth country (%) | ||||||
 Israel | 66.7 | 75.6 | 79.1 | 82.0 | 75.0 | 76.4 |
 Othera | 33.3 | 24.4 | 20.9 | 18.0 | 25.0 | 23.6 |
Ethnicity "Jew" (%) | 96.7 | 95.3 | 90.5 | 98.0 | 95.8 | 98.1 |
Level of religiosity (%) | ||||||
 Secular | 50.0 | 57.8 | 47.6 | 46.9 | 60.4 | 52.8 |
 Traditional | 20.0 | 15.6 | 31.0 | 20.4 | 14.6 | 20.1 |
 Religious | 30.0 | 26.7 | 21.4 | 32.7 | 25.0 | 27.1 |
Place of work (%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 Hospital | 90.0 | 82.2 | 88.4 | 80.0 | 73.9 | 82.6 |
 Community | 10.0 | 17.8 | 11.6 | 20.0 | 26.1 | 17.4 |
Form of employment (%)* | ||||||
 Full-time job | – | 15.6 | 67.4 | 64.0 | 70.8 | 47.2 |
 Part-time job | 100 | 84.4 | 32.6 | 36.0 | 29.2 | 52.8 |