Table 3

Occupational status of nurses' spouses

(n = 1156)
Manag/ Prof
Admin/ Cleric
Skilled Labour
Labour
Hsewk
Unspec
Unemp/Retired
Student

Nurse non-HOH (n = 100)
8.0%
9.0%
25.0%
52.0%
0.0%
0.0%
4.0%
2.0%
Nurse HOH (n = 19)
10.5%
21.1%
0.0%
47.4%
10.5%
0.0%
10.5%
0.0%
All Nurses (n = 119)
8.4%
10.9%
21.0%
51.3%
1.7%
0.0%
5.0%
1.7%
Other HOH (n = 1137)
7.1%
12.7%
15.9%
34.1%
2.3%
4.8%
20.8%
2.2%

Table notes: HOH indicates respondent self-declared head of household. For nurse households the total sample is less than 153 (n = 119), as not all nurses were married or living with their spouse in Australia. Where the nurse is living with a parent, the occupational status of the parent head of household is reported in this table.

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