Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of participant nurses (N = 401)
Variable | Category | Type of institution | |
|---|---|---|---|
Public frequency (%) | Private frequency (%) | ||
Gender | Male | 30 (11.1) | 4 (3.1) |
Female | 240 (88.9) | 127 (96.9) | |
Educational qualification | Diploma | 153 (56.7) | 57 (43.5) |
Bachelor | 91 (33.7) | 72 (55) | |
Master | 25 (9.3) | 2 (1.5) | |
Doctorate | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0) | |
Work experience | < 1 year | 30 (11.1) | 13 (9.9) |
1–5 years | 75 (27.8) | 73 (55.7) | |
6–10 years | 52 (19.3) | 22 (16.8) | |
> 10 years | 113 (41.9) | 23 (17.6) | |
Current position | Student | 14 (5.2) | 1 (0.8) |
Nursing officer | 115 (42.6) | 111 (84.7) | |
Senior nursing office | 47 (17.4) | 11 (8.4) | |
Principal nursing officer | 42 (15.6) | 1 (0.8) | |
Asst chief nursing officer | 23 (8.5) | 5 (3.8) | |
Chief nursing officer | 29 (10.7) | 2 (1.5) | |
Ethnicity | Yoruba | 255 (94.4) | 122 (93.1) |
Igbo | 9 (3.3) | 7 (5.3) | |
Hausa | 2 (0.7) | 0 (0) | |
Other | 4 (1.5) | 2 (1.5) | |
Religion | Christianity | 204 (75.6) | 114 (87) |
Islam | 66 (24.4) | 17 (13) | |
Traditional | 0 (0) | ||