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Table 1 Comparison of the demographic characteristics of the nurses, n (%)

From: Trajectories of the current situation and characteristics of workplace violence among nurses: a nine-year follow-up study

Items

Categories

2010

2015

2019

χ 2 /Z

P

Age (Years)

<30

506 (53.7)

1080 (51.2)

1311 (51.1)

16.915*

0.010

 

30~39

348 (36.9)

737 (34.9)

933 (36.4)

  
 

40~49

75 (8.0)

236 (11.2)

278 (10.8)

  
 

≥50

13 (1.4)

57 (2.7)

44 (1.7)

  

Gender

Female

894 (94.9)

2049 (97.1)

2396(93.4)

34.249

<0.001

 

Male

48 (5.1)

61 (2.9)

170(6.6)

  

Marital status

Married

605 (64.2)

1430 (67.8)

1628 (63.4)

17.257

0.002

 

Single

337 (35.8)

665 (31.5)

922 (35.9)

  
 

Other

0 (0.0)

15 (0.7)

16 (0.6)

  

Only child

Yes

392 (41.6)

1098 (52.0)

1291 (50.3)

29.551

<0.001

 

No

550 (58.4)

1012 (48.0)

1275 (49.7)

  

Education level

Technical secondary degree or below

62 (6.6)

63 (3.0)

33 (1.3)

385.760*

<0.001

 

Junior college

568 (60.3)

1008 (47.8)

811 (31.6)

  
 

Bachelor’s degree

305 (32.4)

1019 (48.3)

1656 (64.5)

  
 

Master’s degree or above

7 (0.7)

20 (0.9)

66 (2.6)

  

Years worked

≤5

194 (20.6)

381 (18.1)

726 (28.3)

85.897*

<0.001

 

6~10

294 (31.2)

775 (36.7)

847 (33.0)

  
 

11~15

204 (21.7)

384 (18.2)

428 (16.7)

  
 

≥16

250 (26.5)

570 (27.0)

565 (22.0)

  

Professional title

Senior

324 (34.4)

687 (32.6)

592 (23.1)

120.281*

<0.001

 

Medium

288 (30.6)

640 (30.3)

688 (26.8)

  
 

Junior

330 (30.5)

783 (37.1)

1286 (50.1)

  

Post

Nurse

901 (95.6)

1977 (93.7)

2432 (94.8)

5.401

0.067

 

Head nurse

41 (4.4)

133 (6.3)

134 (5.2)

  

Employment type

Official staff

495 (52.5)

1068 (50.6)

1213 (47.3)

9.878

0.043

 

Contract staff

437 (46.4)

1016 (48.2)

1317 (51.3)

  
 

Temporary staff

10 (1.1)

26 (1.2)

36 (1.4)

  

Department

Emergency

59 (6.3)

168 (8.0)

161 (6.3)

77.396

<0.001

 

Outpatient

159 (16.9)

265 (12.6)

194 (7.6)

  
 

Ward

724 (76.9)

1677 (79.5)

2211 (86.2)

  
  1. *: The Mann-Whitney U test was used