Intentions to leave and actual turnover of community midwives in the Netherlands. A mixed method study exploring the reasons why | 103 Table 1. Descriptives of background characteristics and workplace characteristics of survey respondents (N=896) and interview participants (N=20) Background characteristics Ref. = Reference category Survey Respondents N=726 (%) Interview Participants N=17 (%) Community midwives in NL N=2429 (%)* Age ≤ 29 30-39 (ref.) 40-49 50-59 ≥ 60 203 (28.0) 241 (33.2) 146 (20.1) 101 (13.9) 35 (4.8) 1 (5.9) 5 (29.4) 2 (11.8) 5 (29.4) 4 (23.5) 694 (28.6) 833 (34.3) 476 (19.9) 313 (12.9) 114 (4.7) Marital status Married/cohabiting with children (ref.) Alone/separated Living with own parents 608 (83.7) 71 (9.8) 47 (6.5) 14 (82.4) 3 (17.6) - Children No (ref.) Yes Missing 313 (43.1) 413 (56.9) - 3 (17.6) 13 (76.5) 1 (5.9) Workplace characteristics Workplace Community care (ref.) Combination of community and hospital 712 (98.1) 14 (1.9) 14 (82.4) 3 (17.6) 2429 Unknown Type of employment Employed (ref.) Owner of a midwifery care practice Locum 65 (9.0) 466 (64.2) 295 (26.9) 5 (29.4) 7 (41.2) 5 (29.4) 278 (12.6) 1444 (62.6) 583 (25.3) Years of experience 3-10 years (ref.) 0-3 years > 10 years 167 (23.0) 168 (23.1) 391 (53.9) 5 (29.4) 1 (5.9) 11 (64.7) Type of practice Urban (ref.) Rural Combination of urban and rural 309 (42.6) 187 (25.8) 230 (31.7) 6 (35.3) 4 (23.5) 7 (41.2) *Kenens et al. (2020) Rate of intention to leave (survey study) One third (33.7%) of the respondents did consider leaving the profession (see Table 2), with no significant differences between newly qualified midwives and experienced midwives. The main reasons mentioned were: ‘dissatisfaction with organisation of midwifery care’, ‘family-commitments’ and ‘health’. We found significant differences between newly qualified midwives and experienced midwives regarding reasons for
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