Variable | Turnover intention (n = 721) |  | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Strong/very strong (n = 138, 19%) | Weak (n = 447, 62%) | Very weak (n = 136, 19%) | Total | P value | |||
 | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) |  |  |
Mean age, in years | 30.09 ± 7.05 | 30.03 ± 7.17 | 29.00 ± 5.43 |  | 0.0791a | |||
Mean experience, in years | 8.49 ± 8.09 | 8.62 ± 7.93 | 7.58 ± 6.14 |  | 0.8792 | |||
Nationality | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.6016 |
 Han | 136 | (19.24) | 438 | (61.95) | 133 | (18.81) | 707 |  |
 Minority | 2 | (14.29) | 9 | (64.29) | 3 | (21.43) | 14 |  |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.6934 |
 Unmarried | 55 | (19.37) | 180 | (63.38) | 49 | (17.25) | 284 |  |
 Married | 83 | (19.17) | 263 | (60.74) | 87 | (20.09) | 433 |  |
 Widowed | 0 | (0.00) | 4 | (100) | 0 | (0.00) | 4 |  |
Number of children | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.3588 |
 None | 3 | (10.71) | 22 | (78.57) | 3 | (10.71) | 28 |  |
 One child | 72 | (20.63) | 214 | (61.32) | 63 | (18.05) | 349 |  |
 Two children | 63 | (18.75) | 206 | (61.31) | 67 | (19.94) | 336 |  |
 Three children | 0 | (0.00) | 5 | (62.50) | 3 | (37.50) | 8 |  |
Primary education | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.8040 |
 Nursing school | 54 | (18.75) | 177 | (61.46) | 57 | (19.79) | 288 |  |
 Junior college | 68 | (18.48) | 232 | (63.04) | 68 | (18.48) | 368 |  |
 College | 16 | (24.62) | 38 | (58.46) | 11 | (16.92) | 65 |  |
Highest level of education | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.3068 |
 Nursing school | 9 | (31.03) | 15 | (51.72) | 5 | (17.24) | 29 |  |
 Junior college | 45 | (16.67) | 174 | (64.44) | 51 | (18.89) | 270 |  |
 College | 82 | (19.85) | 255 | (61.74) | 76 | (18.40) | 413 |  |
Professional title | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.0497 |
 Resident nurse | 73 | (20.00) | 225 | (61.64) | 67 | (18.36) | 365 |  |
 Nurse | 43 | (18.53) | 136 | (58.62) | 53 | (22.84) | 232 |  |
 Fellow | 16 | (14.55) | 79 | (71.82) | 15 | (13.64) | 110 |  |
 Nurse-in-chief | 6 | (42.86) | 7 | (50.00) | 1 | (7.14) | 14 |  |
Job responsibilities | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.0679 |
 Nurse | 87 | (18.59) | 299 | (63.89) | 82 | (17.52) | 468 |  |
 Teaching nurse | 22 | (15.94) | 81 | (58.70) | 35 | (25.36) | 138 |  |
 Team leader | 12 | (27.27) | 21 | (47.73) | 11 | (25.00) | 44 |  |
 Head nurse | 17 | (23.94) | 46 | (64.79) | 8 | (11.27) | 71 |  |
Authorized level | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.1797 |
 Formal nurse | 40 | (20.51) | 129 | (66.15) | 26 | (13.33) | 195 |  |
 Contract nurse | 98 | (18.63) | 318 | (60.46) | 110 | (20.91) | 526 |  |
Income | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.9590 |
  < 322 US dollars | 25 | (16.78) | 96 | (64.43) | 28 | (18.79) | 149 |  |
 322 ~ 483 US dollars | 57 | (17.33) | 207 | (62.92) | 65 | (19.76) | 329 |  |
 484 ~ 644 US dollars | 36 | (21.82) | 97 | (58.79) | 32 | (19.39) | 165 |  |
  ≥ 645 US dollars | 14 | (17.95) | 49 | (62.82) | 15 | (19.23) | 78 |  |
Position | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.8656 |
 Clinical work | 125 | (19.14) | 408 | (62.48) | 120 | (18.38) | 653 |  |
 Administrative work | 2 | (33.33) | 3 | (50.00) | 1 | (16.67) | 6 |  |
 Medical-technical | 1 | (12.50) | 7 | (87.50) | 0 |  | 8 |  |
 Assistant | 3 | (18.75) | 8 | (50.00) | 5 | (31.25) | 16 |  |
 Others | 6 | (23.08) | 15 | (57.69) | 5 | (19.23) | 26 |  |