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Table 1
Demographic and socio-economic characteristics of nurses and referent group, female household population, Canada excluding territories, 2003
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| Characteristics | Female nurses | Referent group | statistic χ2 (df)† | Missing before imputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage | Percentage | |||
| Marital status | ||||
| Married/Common-law | 74.8 | 65.7 | 71.2 (2)*** | 0.0 |
| Widowed/Divorced/Separated | 10.7 | 10.4 | ||
| Single | 14.5 | 23.9 | ||
| Urban dweller | ||||
| Yes | 79.7 | 84.4 | 22.5 (1)*** | 0.0 |
| No | 20.3 | 15.6 | ||
| Usual work schedule | ||||
| Regular daytime | 42.1 | 77.2 | 1800.3 (4)*** | 0.1 |
| Regular evening/night | 14.2 | 4.9 | ||
| Rotating shift | 34.6 | 6.0 | ||
| Irregular shift | 6.1 | 9.2 | ||
| Split/On-call/Other | 3.1 | 2.6 | ||
| Total personal income | ||||
| Less than $20,000 | 8.6 | 25.8 | 358.9 (3)*** | 7.4 |
| $20,000 to $34,999 | 23.4 | 28.5 | ||
| $35,000 to $49,999 | 30.5 | 23.7 | ||
| $50,000 or more | 37.6 | 22.0 | ||
| Total household income | ||||
| Less than $40,000 | 9.6 | 16.9 | 130.3 (3)*** | 7.7 |
| $40,000 to $59,999 | 12.9 | 19.0 | ||
| $60,000 to $79,999 | 22.9 | 22.4 | ||
| $80,000 or more | 54.7 | 41.7 | ||
| Household size | ||||
| 1 | 10.3 | 10.8 | 0.7 (3)*** | 0.0 |
| 2 | 30.9 | 31.3 | ||
| 3 | 21.3 | 21.4 | ||
| 4 or more | 37.5 | 36.5 | ||
| Immigrant | ||||
| Yes | 14.4 | 20.7 | 35.3 (1)*** | 0.1 |
| † continuity correction used for 2 * 2 tables *** p < 0.001 Notes: The referent group is female postsecondary graduates employed in past year in occupations other than those in health sector or employed by hospitals. All estimates are weighted using bootstrapped sampling weights after multiple imputation for missing data. Source: 2003 Canadian Community Health Survey. |
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