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

Tei-Tominaga, Maki

doi:10.1007/s12199-012-0320-8

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Table 2 Coefficients of association results for the dependent variables (n = 493)

From: 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

Variable	Intention to leave^a				Decision to resign^b
Variable	Low risk (n = 345)	High risk (n = 148)	Coefficient of association	P value	No (n = 460)	Yes (n = 33)	Coefficient of association	P value
Individual characteristics
1. Age (years)
<30	316	127	0.087^c	0.051	415	28	0.044^c	0.323
≥30	29	21	0.087^c	0.051	45	5	0.044^c	0.323
2. Marital status
Single	24	17	−0.075^c	0.095	424	28	−0.066^c	0.141
Married	321	131	−0.075^c	0.095	36	5	−0.066^c	0.141
3. Education
Junior college or vocational school equivalent degree	274	123	−0.043^c	0.343	372	25	0.032^c	0.474
University graduate or higher	71	25	−0.043^c	0.343	88	8	0.032^c	0.474
Employment characteristics
4. Hospital scholarship
Received	110	49	0.012^c	0.789	154	5	−0.098^c	0.030
Not received	235	99	0.012^c	0.789	306	28	−0.098^c	0.030
5. Desirable position (in a word)
Yes	210	76	0.088^c	0.049	267	19	−0.002^c	0.958
No	135	72	0.088^c	0.049	193	14	−0.002^c	0.958
6. Average working hours per week
Less than 55 h	217	72	0.133^c	0.003	268	21	−0.027^c	0.545
56 h or more	128	76	0.133^c	0.003	192	12	−0.027^c	0.545
7. Frequency of working on days off per month
None	268	106	0.065^c	0.149	353	21	0.077^c	0.089
1 or more days per month	77	42	0.065^c	0.149	107	12	0.077^c	0.089
8. Break facilities and amount of permitted rest time in the hospital
Adequate and sufficient	245	66	−0.251^c	<0.001	301	10	−0.182^c	<0.001
Inadequate and insufficient	100	82	−0.251^c	<0.001	159	23	−0.182^c	<0.001
Organizational characteristics
9. Hospital size (bed capacity of the hospital)
Fewer than 199 beds	36	15	0.034^d	0.757	46	5	0.682^d	0.317
200–399 beds	130	61			182	9
More than 400 beds	179	72			232	19
10. Hospital type (establishment)
University hospital	49	35	0.124^d	0.022	75	9	0.77^d	0.229
Public hospital	135	45			168	12
Private hospital or other	161	68			217	12
11. Basic charge for hospitalization
Ratio of the number of patient to that of nurses is not 7:1	87	25	0.091^c	0.043	111	1	0.126^c	0.002
Ratio of the number of patient to that of nurses is 7:1	258	123	0.091^c	0.043	349	32	0.126^c
12. Presence of a role model
Lacking	30	60	−0.378^c	<0.001	74	16	−0.210^c	<0.001
Present	315	88	−0.378^c	<0.001	386	17	−0.210^c	<0.001

^a1 = the high-risk group, with total score of intention to leave in upper quartile; 0 = low-risk group, with total score of intention to leave not in upper quartile
^b1 = “yes” group of female NGNs intending to resign from a current organization within this fiscal year (within 3 months); 0 = “no” group of female NGNs not intending to resign from a current organization within this fiscal year (within 3 months)
^cPhi coefficient
^dCramer’s measure of association

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