Table 3 Non-exclusive sources of the invitation to participate, by year of graduation (n = 650)
Sources | 1988 | 1998 | Other | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
95 | 22.3 | 59 | 13.8 | 118 | 27.7 | 272 | 63.8 | |
Employer | 38 | 8.9 | 19 | 4.5 | 48 | 11.3 | 105 | 24.6 |
Letter from nurses at work | 65 | 15.3 | 23 | 5.4 | 7 | 1.6 | 95 | 22.3 |
Colleague | 4 | 0.9 | 6 | 1.4 | 11 | 2.6 | 21 | 4.9 |
Graduate mates | 8 | 1.9 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | .0 | 10 | 2.3 |
Ad or media article | 3 | 0.7 | 4 | 0.9 | 5 | 1.2 | 12 | 2.8 |
Alumni association | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.7 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 | |
Other mean | 2 | 0.5 | 3 | 0.7 | 10 | 2.3 | 15 | 3.5 |