Table 1 Group differences in nurse burnout scores across demographic characteristics (N = 549).

Variables	Type	n	%	Burnout (\(\:\stackrel{-}{x}\) + s)	t/F	p
Gender	Male	73	13.3	46.521 ± 20.634	− 3.892	0.000
Gender	Female	476	86.7	56.815 ± 21.104	− 3.892	0.000
Age	≤ 25 years	92	16.8	54.826 ± 21.755	7.229	0.000
	26–35 years	150	27.3	61.867 ± 20.013
	36–45 years	180	32.8	51.289 ± 21.389
	> 45 years	127	23.1	54.205 ± 20.845
Marital status	Married	380	69.2	57.418 ± 21.146	5.595	0.004
	Unmarried	111	20.2	51.793 ± 20.699
	Others	58	10.6	49.517 ± 21.891
Education level	Junior college	59	10.7	53.356 ± 21.649	1.241	0.290
	Undergraduate	419	76.3	55.160 ± 20.990
	Master degree or above	71	12.9	58.873 ± 22.815
Nurse employment type	Temporary contract nurse	400	72.9	56.668 ± 21.422	2.208	0.028
Nurse employment type	Tenured nurse	149	27.1	52.168 ± 20.731	2.208	0.028
Professional title	Junior professional title	253	46.1	52.613 ± 21.209	10.236	0.000
	Intermediate professional title	239	43.5	59.921 ± 21.326
	Senior professional title	57	10.4	49.263 ± 18.088
Years of clinical experience	< 2 years	57	10.4	53.526 ± 22.195	4.713	0.003
	2–5 years	51	9.3	56.922 ± 20.654
	5–10 years	181	33	59.934 ± 20.661
	> 10 years	260	47.4	52.454 ± 21.242
Frequency of night shifts	≤ 1	74	13.5	50.324 ± 17.846	6.766	0.000
	2–4	127	23.1	50.488 ± 20.913
	5–8	246	44.8	57.281 ± 21.884
	≥ 8	102	18.6	60.912 ± 20.940
Salary satisfaction	Dissatisfied	77	14	62.182 ± 22.036	4.705	0.009
	Neutral	266	48.5	54.850 ± 20.367
	Satisfied	206	37.5	53.699 ± 21.850
Number of children	0	127	23.1	53.047 ± 20.749	4.213	0.006
	1	248	45.2	53.690 ± 20.285
	2	143	26	58.587 ± 22.912
	≥ 3	31	5.6	64.839 ± 20.688

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