Variable

Characteristics

Frequency

Percentage (%)

Sex

Male

Female

12

309

3.7

96.3

Age

Range = 35; Maximum = 18; Minimum = 53; Mean = 37.9; SD = 7.1

Marital status

Single

Married

45

276

14

86

Religion

Christian

Muslim

285

36

88.8

11.2

Ethnicity

Yoruba

Hausa

Igbo

Others

255

9

45

12

79.4

2.8

14.0

3.7

Highest qualification

Diploma

Degree

Masters

96

195

30

29.9

60.7

9.3

Years of work experience

Range = 1

Maximum = 30; minimum = 31; Mean = 12.3; SD = 6.8

Cadre

NO11

NO1

SNO

ACNO

CNO

AND

93

99

27

6

81

15

29.0

30.8

8.4

1.9

25.2

4.7

Current ward of practice

Medical

Surgical

Pediatrics

A&E

ICU

ANC

O&G

Theater

Neuro Ward

Infectious Disease Ward

84

57

48

21

27

9

42

6

18

9

26.2

17.8

15.0

6.5

8.4

2.8

13.1

1.9

5.6

2.8