[Retracted] Organizational Silence among Hospital Nurses in China: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Nurse demographic characteristics.

Variables		(%)
Age (years)
20–29	502	58
30–39	311	35.9
40–49	42	4.8
50 and above	11	1.3
Gender
Female	833	96.2
Male	33	3.8
Department
Internal medicine	258	29.8
Surgery	182	21
Gynecology	40	4.6
Department of Pediatrics	62	7.2
Emergency room	70	8.1
ICU	92	10.6
Operation	39	4.5
Other	123	14.2
Educational status
Secondary technical certificate	7	0.8
Associate’s degree	259	29.9
Bachelor’s degree	572	66.1
Postgraduate	28	3.2
Professional title
Nurse	230	26.6
Senior nurse	413	47.7
Nurse in charge	193	22.3
Professor of nursing	30	3.5
Years of employment
<1	64	7.4
1–5	314	36.3
6–10	294	33.9
11–15	106	12.2
>15	88	10.2
Personnel management
Employee	157	18.1
Contract	709	81.9