Australia and New Zealand Health Policy

Table 5 Working history of cohorts of RNs, distribution by sector (%)

From: Is there a crisis in nursing retention in New South Wales?

	Cohort 1: 21 – 23 years old in 1994 (aged 27 – 29 in 2000)
Sector	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Public hospital	71	54	47	41		40	43
Private hospital	7	6	6	7		7	8
Public other	11	4	4	5		5	6
Private other	10	6	5	4		4	5
Missing premises	1	1	2	1		1	1
Not working		29	36	43		43	37
Total	100	100	100	100		100	100
No. observations	1059	1059	1059	1059		1059	1059
	Cohort 2: 21 – 23 years old in 1997 (aged 24 – 26 in 2000)
Sector	1997	1998	1999	2000
Public hospital	80		54	52
Private hospital	11		8	8
Public other	5		4	5
Private other	3		2	2
Missing premises	1		1	1
Not working			31	32
Total	100		100	100
No. observations	1270		1270	1270
	Cohort 3: 41 – 43 years old in 1994 (aged 47 – 49 in 2000)
Sector	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Public hospital	47	40	38	39		37	36
Private hospital	9	9	9	8		8	8
Public other	24	19	19	21		21	21
Private other	19	17	14	12		11	12
Missing premises	1	3	4	2		2	2
Not working		12	16	18		21	21
Total	100	100	100	100		100	100
No. observations	4221	4221	4221	4221		4221	4221
	Cohort 4: 41 – 43 years old in 1997 (aged 44 – 46 in 2000)
Sector	1997	1998	1999	2000
Public hospital	49		42	40
Private hospital	11		10	10
Public other	22		21	21
Private other	15		12	12
Missing premises	3		2	2
Not working			13	15
Total	100		100	100
No. observations	5232		5232	5232

Notes: Four cohorts of working RNs in specified age groups and years are followed over time. The columns indicate the percentage distribution of the cohorts according to their work status and premises.

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