Variables | Male (n = 248) | Female (n = 419) | All participants (n = 667) | ||||
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N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
1. Marital status | Married | 130 | 52 | 235 | 56 | 365 | 55 |
Single | 118 | 48 | 184 | 44 | 302 | 45 | |
2. Education | Junior high school graduate | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
High school graduate | 44 | 18 | 158 | 38 | 202 | 30 | |
Junior college or vocational school equivalency degree | 132 | 53 | 208 | 50 | 340 | 51 | |
College graduate | 69 | 28 | 42 | 10 | 111 | 17 | |
Others | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
3. Working experience as an employee | Have | 100 | 40 | 241 | 58 | 341 | 51 |
None | 148 | 60 | 178 | 42 | 326 | 49 | |
4. Job qualifications | Certified care worker | 218 | 88 | 348 | 83 | 566 | 85 |
Geriatric care manager | 19 | 8 | 57 | 14 | 76 | 11 | |
Home helper | 11 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 25 | 4 | |
5. Job position | Staff | 173 | 70 | 357 | 85 | 530 | 79 |
Unit leader or senior staff member | 65 | 26 | 46 | 11 | 111 | 17 | |
Manager in the department | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 2 | |
Others | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 2 | |
6. Employment status/type | Regular employee | 239 | 96 | 312 | 74 | 551 | 83 |
Non-regular employee | 9 | 4 | 107 | 26 | 116 | 17 | |
7. The region’s jobs-to-applicants ratio | Low (1.60 times) | 10 | 4 | 24 | 6 | 34 | 5 |
Middle (2.37–2.79 times) | 54 | 22 | 158 | 38 | 212 | 32 | |
High (3.56 times) | 170 | 69 | 237 | 57 | 407 | 61 | |
8. Facility type | Special nursing homes | 107 | 43 | 162 | 39 | 269 | 40 |
Geriatric intermediate care facilities | 137 | 55 | 232 | 55 | 369 | 55 | |
Nursing home with an additional benefit for dementia care | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 2 | |
Others | 3 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 2 | |
9. Average hours of overtime per week | ≤ 39 h | 28 | 11 | 128 | 31 | 156 | 23 |
40–44 h | 121 | 49 | 184 | 44 | 305 | 46 | |
45–49 h | 63 | 25 | 72 | 17 | 135 | 20 | |
50–54 h | 18 | 7 | 21 | 5 | 39 | 6 | |
≥ 55 h | 18 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 32 | 5 | |
10. Frequency of working on days off per month | None | 182 | 73 | 375 | 89 | 557 | 84 |
One to two days per month | 53 | 21 | 38 | 9 | 91 | 14 | |
Three to four days per month | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 2 | |
More than five days | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
11. Perception of adequacy of wage | Insufficient at all (less than 80% expected) | 135 | 54 | 189 | 45 | 324 | 49 |
Relatively insufficient (90% expected) | 68 | 27 | 139 | 33 | 207 | 31 | |
Sufficient (more than 100%) | 45 | 18 | 91 | 22 | 136 | 20 | |
12. Experience of work-related accidents or injuries within the prior year | Have | 63 | 25 | 136 | 32 | 199 | 30 |
None | 185 | 75 | 283 | 68 | 468 | 70 | |
13. Plan to quit current organization by the end of the year | Have | 20 | 8 | 25 | 6 | 45 | 7 |
None | 228 | 92 | 394 | 94 | 622 | 93 | |
14. Plan to leave current occupation by the end of the year | Have | 18 | 7 | 23 | 5 | 41 | 6 |
None | 230 | 93 | 396 | 95 | 626 | 94 | |
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
15. Age | 34.49 | 8.13 | 40.43 | 12.32 | 38.22 | 11.31 | |
16. Duration of experience in current position | 7.23 | 5.35 | 6.74 | 5.06 | 6.92 | 5.17 | |
17. Duration of experience of current occupation | 8.72 | 5.81 | 8.36 | 5.51 | 8.49 | 5.62 |