Study of socio-demographic determinants of class IV employees in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Mumbai

Background: The shortage of nurses, support staff/ workers in hospitals in most countries is well documented. Present work was planned to study the socio-demographic determinants of class IV employees in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Mumbai Materials and methods: A cross sectional study was carried out during the period of July 2010 to June 2011 in Class IV employees in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Mumbai. A total of 171 employees were included for the study. A preformed semi-structured questionnaire was used as a tool to interview the participants. Data was analyzed in the form of percentage and proportions whenever necessary. Results: Out of 171 participants interviewed, majority (65.5%) belonged to the age group of 45-55 years and 116 (67.8%) were males and 55 (32.2%) were females. Majority were from Hindu religion (83%), 126 (73.7%) were staying in rental house, whereas about three-fourth (74.3%) of the respondents were from a nuclear family and 94.2% were married. According to Kuppuswamy’s socioeconomic scale, majority 84.8% belonged to the lower middle class. Conclusion: Majority (65.5%) belonged to the age group of 45-55 years, 116 (67.8%) were males and 84.8% participants belonged to the lower middle socioeconomic class.