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Table 6 1999–2000 transition frequencies for two cohorts of RNs (%)

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

 

Sector in 1999

 

Cohort 1: 21 – 23 years old in 1994 (aged 27 – 29 in 2000)

Sector in 2000

No. obs.

Public hospital

Private hospital

Public other

Private other

Missing premises

Not working

Total

Public hospital

452

75

2

1

0

0

22

100

Private hospital

83

10

62

1

4

0

23

100

Public other

65

12

3

52

8

2

23

100

Private other

50

12

4

4

56

4

20

100

Missing premises

11

18

18

0

10

18

36

100

Not working

398

15

3

3

2

1

76

100

Total

1059

       
 

Cohort 3: 41 – 43 years old in 1997 (aged 44 – 47 in 2000)

Sector in 2000

No. obs.

Public hospital

Private hospital

Public other

Private other

Missing premises

Not working

Total

Public hospital

2088

89

2

2

1

0

6

100

Private hospital

510

8

78

3

4

1

6

100

Public other

1092

8

1

70

12

1

8

100

Private other

619

2

3

22

64

3

6

100

Missing premises

124

15

2

26

19

22

16

100

Not working

799

24

6

14

8

3

45

100

Total

5232

       
  1. Notes: These cohorts correspond to cohorts 1 and 3 from Table 5. The frequencies are in percentages and represent the distributions across the premises in 1999. For example, of the cohort 1 RNs working in public hospitals in 2000 (452 nurses), 75% were working in public hospitals in 1999, 22% were not working, 2% were working in private hospitals and so on.