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Univariate comparisons of dental professionals working in Trinidad & Tobago, inNew Zealand and in the UK |
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| New Zealand (n = 502) |
Trinidad & Tobago (n = 38) |
United Kingdom (n = 221) |
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| Age1 |
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| Mean (sd) |
47.70a (8.80) |
38.76b (6.09) |
45.35c (7.69) |
F = 28.36 p < 0.001 |
| Career Break |
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| Yes |
412 (82%) |
18 (47%) * |
168 (76%) |
Chi2 = 26.9 |
| No |
89 (18%) |
20 (53%) * |
53 (24%) |
p < 0.001 |
| Do you feel a valued member of staff? |
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| All the time or most of the time |
208 (41%) * |
24 (63%) |
151 (68%) |
Chi2 = 48.65 |
| Some of the time, seldom or never |
299 (59%) * |
14 (37%) |
70 (32%) |
p < 0.001 |
| Career Satisfaction2 |
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| Mean (SD) |
7.13 (1.95)d |
5.21 (2.35)e |
7.34 (1.94)d |
Kruskall-Wallis Chi2 = 30.5 |
| Median |
8 |
5 |
8 |
p < 0.001 |
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1 Means with different superscripts are significantly different (post-hoc Scheffe test) 2 Means with different superscripts are significantly different (post-hoc Mann Whitney U tests) * For Chi-square analysis, these cells have the largest corrected residuals suggesting that these cells make the largest contribution to the Chi-square value. | ||||
Naidu et al. BMC Health Services Research 2006 6:32 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-6-32 |
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