Factors related to the intention to leave and the decision to resign among newly graduated nurses: a complete survey in a selected prefecture in Japan

Table 1 Individual attributes and employment and organizational characteristics of the sample (n = 493)

Variable	n	%
Individual attributes
1. Marital status
Single	452	92
Married	41	8
2. Education
Junior college or vocational school equivalent degree	397	81
College graduate or higher	96	19
Employment characteristics
3. Hospital scholarship
Received	159	32
Not received	334	68
4. Desirable position (in a word)
Yes	286	58
No	207	42
5. Average working hours per week
≤40	38	8
41–45	139	28
46–50	112	23
51–55	93	19
56–60	62	13
61–65	32	6
≥66	17	3
6. Average hours of overtime work on a monthly basis
<44	289	59
≥45	204	41
7. Frequency of working on days off per month
None	374	76
1–2 days per month	80	16
3–4 days per month	32	6
5 or more days per month	7	1
8. Break facilities and amount of permitted rest time in the hospital
Appropriate	311	63
Not appropriate	182	37
Organizational characteristics
9. Hospital size (bed capacity of the hospital)
Fewer than 199 beds	51	10
200–399 beds	191	39
More than 400 beds	251	51
10. Hospital type (establishment)
University hospital	84	17
Public hospital	180	37
Private hospital or other	229	46
11. Basic charge for hospitalization
Ratio of the number of patient to that of nurses is 7:1	381	77
Ratio of the number of patient to that of nurses is not 7:1	112	23

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