Does Finnish hospital staff job satisfaction vary across occupational groups?

Table 1 Demographics of the hospital staff respondents (N = 1424) (n, %)

Background variable	Nursing staff (n = 779), %	Physicians (n = 147), %	Research staff (n = 65) %	Maintenance staff (n = 237), %	Office and administrative staff (n = 196), %
Gender
Female	88	61	89	86	92
Male	12	39	11	14	8
Age
≤30 years	13	1	8	8	8
31–40 years	24	26	20	15	11
41–50 years	31	41	44	35	35
≥51 years	32	32	28	42	46
Work experience in current unit
≤1 year	14	18	11	14	11
2–5 years	28	23	28	34	30
6–10 years	19	23	14	20	16
11–20 years	20	26	31	13	22
≥21 years	19	10	16	19	21
Overall work experience
≤1 year	3	1	2	4	2
2–5 years	10	6	9	15	11
6–10 years	17	14	13	17	7
11–20 years	26	36	36	18	22
≥ 21 years	44	43	40	46	58
Type of employment
Permanent	82	72	75	79	86
Temporary	18	28	25	21	14
Working hours
Day	38	99	100	36	95
Rotational	62	1	0	64	5
Quality of work
4–6	8	5	5	10	4
7–8	72	50	67	69	64
9–10	20	45	28	21	32

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