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Table 2 Chi-square results and odds ratios per sub-group

From: Demographic differences between health care workers who did or did not respond to a safety and organizational culture survey

Category

X 2

Odds Ratio

95% CI

Professional group:

   

• Physicians vs. Nurses1

38.036**

1.59

1.37 - 1.85

• Physicians vs. Clinical workers1

20.319**

1.47

1.24 - 1.74

• Physicians vs. Laboratory workers

3.232

1.20

0.98 - 1.45

• Physicians vs. Non-medical workers

0.088

1.03

0.85 - 1.25

• Nurses vs. Clinical workers

1.23

0.92

0.80 - 1.07

• Nurses1 vs. Laboratory workers

10.15*

0.75

0.63 - 0.90

• Nurses1 vs. Non-medical workers

23.78**

0.65

0.54 - 0.77

• Clinical workers vs. Laboratory workers

4.343

0.81

0.67 - 0.99

• Clinical workers1 vs. Non-medical workers

13.12**

0.70

0.58 - 0.85

• Laboratory workers vs. Non-medical workers

2

0.86

0.69 - 1.07

Gender: Male vs. female1

6.329

1.16

1.03 - 1.30

Age group:

   

• 15-24 years old vs. 25-34 years old

5.223

1.35

1.04 - 1.74

• 15-24 years old vs. 35-44 years old

6.949

1.42

1.09 - 1.83

• 15-24 years old vs. 45-54 years old1

20.833**

1.82

1.40 - 2.35

• 15-24 years old vs. >54 years old

6.76

1.44

1.09 - 1.89

• 25-34 years old vs. 35-44 years old

0.477

1.05

0.91 - 1.21

• 25-34 years old vs. 45-54 years old1

17.278**

1.35

1.17 - 1.56

• 25-34 years old vs. >54 years old

0.588

1.07

0.90 - 1.26

• 35-44 years old vs. 45-54 years old1

10.99*

1.28

1.11 - 1.49

• 35-44 years old vs. >54 years old

0.032

1.02

0.85 - 1.21

• 45-54 years old vs. >54 years old

7

0.79

0.67 -0.94

Years of working in the hospital:

   

• <5 years vs. 5-9 years1

31.867**

1.47

1.29 - 1.68

• <5 years vs. 10-20 years1

22.631**

1.43

1.24 - 1.66

• <5 years vs. >20 years1

10.721*

1.29

1.11 - 1.50

• 5-9 years vs. 10-20 years

0.097

0.97

0.83 - 1.15

• 5-9 years vs. >20 years

2.419

0.88

0.74 - 1.03

• 10-20 years vs. >20 years

1.36

0.90

0.75 - 1.07

Executive function: Executive1 vs. Non-executive

24.771**

2.00

1.51 - 2.64

  1. Bonferroni correction was used as appropriate for all analyses. ** p < .001. *p < .01.
  2. 1Had significantly higher response rate than the other sub-group.