Table 4: Correlations between nurses’ job satisfaction and socio-demographic characteristics.

Age+ (n=124) Post-registration experience+ (n=135) Working experience in the hospital+ (n=135) Highest qualification# (n=133) Rank# (n=139)
IWS 0.244* 0.195* 0.213* -0.156  0.118
  Pay 0.275* 0.227* 0.192*  0.073  0.307*
  Autonomy 0.249* 0.214* 0.256* -0.080  0.150
  Task requirement 0.056 0.074 0.083 -0.108 -0.001
  Organizational policy 0.063 0.014 0.021 -0.221*  0.001
  Professional status 0.068 0.026 0.011 -0.040  0.034
  Interaction 0.164 0.140 0.191* -0.073  0.071

+ Using Pearson’s correlation test.
# Using Spearman’s correlation test.
* p=0.01 level; * p= 0.05