Table 4 Demographic characteristics of total participants (N = 972), cluster 1 (n = 395), cluster 2 (n = 577).

From: Work-related factors and mental health among home care nurses identified by two-step cluster analysis

 

Total Participants

Cluster 1

(“unhealthy”)

Cluster 2 (“healthy”)

χ2

P-value

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Gender1

Male

166 (17,1)

65 (16,5)

101 (17,5)

  

Female

804 (82,7)

330 (83,5)

474 (82,1)

0.207

0.652

Age

15–34

155 (15.9)

70 (17.7)

85 (14.7)

  

35–54

527 (54.2)

224 (56.7)

303 (52.5)

  

> 54

290 (29.8)

101 (25.6)

189 (32.8)

6.134

0.047

Maternal status

Married/partnership

611 (62.9)

232 (58.7)

379 (65.7)

  

Single

198 (20.4)

87 (22.0)

111 (19.2)

  

Divorced

146 (15)

68 17.2)

78 (13.5)

  

Widowed

17 (1.7)

8 (2.0)

9 (1.6)

5.121

0.163

Professional experience

< 2 years

70 (7.4)

25 (6.4)

45 (8.0)

  

3–5 years

108 (11.4)

50 (12.9)

58 (10.3)

  

6–10 years

184 (19.3)

79 (20.4)

105 (18.7)

  

> 11 years

589 (61.9)

234 (60.3)

355 (63.1)

2.728

0.436

  1. 1Due to the very small number of participants identifying as “diverse” (n = 2), this category was excluded from the analysis.