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would be found in the Swedish sample, and that this would be related to lower burnout scores<br />

for the Swedish nurses. It was investigated if life satisfaction means were different in the two<br />

countries, and it was shown that the life satisfaction mean for the Swedish nurses (Mean=<br />

25.8, SD= 5.82) was higher than for the Hungarian nurses (Mean= 19.7, SD= 6.87) (see Table<br />

13 below and Table 29 in APPENDIX C).<br />

30,00<br />

20,00<br />

Life satisfaction 40,00<br />

10,00<br />

0,00<br />

Table 13: Descriptive statistics of life satisfaction between Hungarian and Swedish nurses<br />

Diagram 9:<br />

N Mean Std. Deviation Minimum Maximum<br />

Hungarian 97 19.7 6.87 5.0 35.0<br />

Swedish 90 25.8 5.82 11.0 35.0<br />

Total 187 22.6 7.07 5.0 35.0<br />

Life satisfaction means for Hungary and Sweden<br />

Hungarian<br />

Nationality<br />

Swedish<br />

It was found that life satisfaction was higher<br />

in the Swedish sample than in the Hungarian<br />

sample (see Diagram 9 left), and this<br />

difference was highly significant. Univariate<br />

ANOVA was used to get this conclusion<br />

(F=42.878, p

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