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Table 1 Univariate comparisons of dental professionals working in Trinidad & Tobago, inNew Zealand and in the UK

From: A comparison of career satisfaction amongst dental healthcare professionals across three health care systems: Comparison of data from the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Trinidad & Tobago

 

New Zealand (n = 502)

Trinidad & Tobago (n = 38)

United Kingdom (n = 221)

 

Age 1

    

Mean (sd)

47.70a (8.80)

38.76b (6.09)

45.35c (7.69)

F = 28.36

p < 0.001

Career Break

    

Yes

412 (82%)

18 (47%) *

168 (76%)

Chi2 = 26.9

No

89 (18%)

20 (53%) *

53 (24%)

p < 0.001

Do you feel a valued member of staff?

    

All the time or most of the time

208 (41%) *

24 (63%)

151 (68%)

Chi2 = 48.65

Some of the time, seldom or never

299 (59%) *

14 (37%)

70 (32%)

p < 0.001

Career Satisfaction 2

    

Mean (SD)

7.13 (1.95)d

5.21 (2.35)e

7.34 (1.94)d

Kruskall-Wallis Chi2 = 30.5

Median

8

5

8

p < 0.001

  1. 1 Means with different superscripts are significantly different (post-hoc Scheffe test)
  2. 2 Means with different superscripts are significantly different (post-hoc Mann Whitney U tests)
  3. * For Chi-square analysis, these cells have the largest corrected residuals suggesting that these cells make the largest contribution to the Chi-square value.