Table 2 Demographic and job related characteristics associated with sharing information (n=482)
| Â | Sharing information | Â | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | ||||
Variables | n | % | n | % | P |
Age†|  |  |  |  |  |
  < 29 | 7 | 53.8% | 6 | 46.2% | 0.001 |
 30–39 | 23 | 24.2% | 72 | 75.8% |  |
 40–49 | 58 | 27.9% | 150 | 72.1% |  |
 50< | 20 | 12.8% | 136 | 87.2% |  |
Agency size (The number of nurses)†|  |  |  |  | |
  < 4 | 22 | 31.0% | 49 | 69.0% | 0.302 |
 5–9 | 39 | 20.3% | 153 | 79.7% |  |
 10< | 49 | 22.4% | 170 | 77.6% |  |
Existence of clerks‡ |  |  |  |  |  |
 Yes | 93 | 22.5% | 320 | 77.5% | 0.652 |
 No | 17 | 25.0% | 51 | 75.0% |  |
Having an experience of working at a hospital‡ |  |  |  | ||
 Yes | 106 | 22.5% | 366 | 77.5% | 0.440 |
 No | 3 | 33.3% | 6 | 66.7% |  |
Years of nursing experience†|  |  |  |  |  |
  < 9 | 19 | 32.2% | 40 | 67.8% | 0.191 |
 10–19 | 39 | 22.2% | 137 | 77.8% |  |
 20< | 51 | 21.3% | 189 | 78.8% |  |
Years of home-visiting nursing experience†|  |  |  |  | |
  < 9 | 88 | 26.6% | 243 | 73.4% | 0.003 |
 10–19 | 20 | 15.4% | 110 | 84.6% |  |
 20< | 2 | 9.5% | 19 | 90.5% |  |
Employment status‡ |  |  |  |  |  |
 Full-time | 62 | 20.9% | 235 | 79.1% | 0.235 |
 Part-time | 47 | 25.5% | 137 | 74.5% |  |
Pay system‡ |  |  |  |  |  |
 Monthly-pay system | 61 | 20.5% | 237 | 79.5% | 0.840 |
 Hourly-pay system | 32 | 34.8% | 60 | 65.2% |  |
 The number of home visiting | 15 | 17.0% | 73 | 83.0% |  |
The number of home visiting (/week)†|  |  |  |  | |
 1–19 | 69 | 24.4% | 214 | 75.6% | 0.147 |
 20–29 | 37 | 22.7% | 126 | 77.3% |  |
 30< | 2 | 6.5% | 29 | 93.5% |  |
The number of days working on weekends/holidays (/month)†|  |  | |||
 0 | 35 | 23.3% | 115 | 76.7% | 0.957 |
 1–2 | 43 | 20.9% | 163 | 79.1% |  |
 3< | 29 | 24.0% | 92 | 76.0% |  |
Talking with colleagues‡ |  |  |  |  |  |
 No | 4 | 57.1% | 3 | 42.9% | 0.049 |
 Yes | 106 | 22.3% | 369 | 77.7% |  |