Assessing the relationship between happiness and professional autonomy among clinical nurses: an analytical cross-sectional study

Table 3 Relationship between the participants’ characteristics and happiness (n = 270)

Variable	Mean ± SD	r/t/F-value	p-value
Age (year)		0.21	< 0.001^*
Clinical experience (year)		0.17	< 0.001^*
Work experience in workplace (year)		0.08	0.18
Gender		-1.32	0.18
Male	67.45 ± 15.01
Female	64.92 ± 13.73
Marital status		-1.49	0.13
Single	64.04 ± 13.45
Married	66.66 ± 14.48
Position		2.71	0.06
Head nurse	75.30 ± 10.80
Shift nurse	69.60 ± 13.44
Staff nurse	65.16 ± 14.13
Education level		-0.27	0.78
Bachelor’s degree	84.36 ± 12.62
Master’s degree	90.77 ± 12.51
Working department		1.54	0.04^*
Medical	63.20 ± 13.59
Surgical	65.83 ± 12.42
Emergency	67.40 ± 14.08
ICU	71.43 ± 12.73
Other	61.83 ± 7.25
Job satisfaction		3.06	< 0.001^*
Yes	67.72 ± 14.24
No	62.42 ± 13.36

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