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Table 1 Characteristics of participants working in nursing homes and home-based nursing care in numbers and percent

From: Research utilization in municipality nursing practice in rural districts in Norway: a cross-sectional quantitative questionnaire study

Demographic data

Nursing homes

N = 47 (%)

Home-based nursing care

N = 53 (%)

Total work setting

N = 100 (%)

Age

 20–39 years

23 (47.9)

25 (52.1)

48 (48.0)

 40–55 years

22 (47.8)

24 (52.2)

46 (46.0)

 56–70 years

2 (33.3)

4 (66.7)

6 (06.0)

Gender

 Women

46 (47.9)

50 (52.1)

96 (96.0)

 Men

1 (25.0)

3 (75.0)

4 (04.0)

Seniority as nurse

 0–5 years

8 (36.4)

14 (63.6)

22 (22.0)

 6–10 years

21 (55.3)

17 (44.7)

38 (38.0)

 Above 10 years

18 (45.0)

22 (55.0)

40 (40.0)

Employment condition

 Permanent

44 (45.8)

52 (54.2)

96 (96.0)

 Temporary

3 (75.0)

1 (25.0)

4 (04.0)