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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of our sample

From: Are midwives in the Netherlands satisfied with their jobs? A systematic examination of satisfaction levels among hospital and primary-care midwives in the Netherlands

 

Hospital midwivesa

n (%)

Primary-care midwivesb

n (%)

P value

total

103 (100)

405 (100)

 

Gender

 Male

4 (4)

4 (1)

0.05

 Female

99 (96)

401 (99)

 

Mean Age (±SD)

42 (9.8)

38 (10.5)

0.001

Employed

103 (100)

77 (19)

0.001

Self employed

0 (0)

313 (77)

0.001

Total years of work experience Mean (SD)

16 (9.0)

13 (8.9)

0.002

Years of experience at current work place Mean (SD)

9.3 (7.0)

9.7 (7.9)

0.59

Working hours per week (SD)

29 (5.6)

44 (14.9)

0.001

  1. aTotal number of hospital midwives registered in the Netherlands: N = 919
  2. bTotal number of primary care midwives registered in the Netherlands: N = 2231