Table 1

Univariate comparisons of dental professionals working in Trinidad & Tobago, inNew Zealand and in the UK


New Zealand (n = 502)
Trinidad & Tobago (n = 38)
United Kingdom (n = 221)


Age1




Mean (sd)
47.70a (8.80)
38.76b (6.09)
45.35c (7.69)
F = 28.36
p < 0.001
Career Break




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?




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




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

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