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Table 3 Demographic characteristics associated with staff job satisfaction

From: Job satisfaction and its modeling among township health center employees: a quantitative study in poor rural China

Variables

Groups

N

Score

P

Age (years old)

No more than 30

66

87.3

0.002**

 

30-39

77

81.1

 
 

40-49

22

78.0

 
 

50-60

7

86.5

 

Gender

Male

66

79.5

0.001**

 

Female

106

85.7

 

Race

Han

84

76.3

<0.001**

 

Uighur

88

90.0

 

Job type

Clinic

75

82.0

0.101

 

Nursing

52

86.5

 
 

Medico-technique

36

82.7

 
 

Other else

9

78.4

 

Professional title

Doctor in charge or above

18

79.7

0.001**

 

Doctor

55

79.9

 
 

Assistant doctor

52

84.5

 
 

Primary health worker

37

89.7

 
 

No technical title

10

78.6

 

Educational background

Bachelor degree holders

6

88.7

0.090

 

Junior college graduates

53

79.6

 
 

Technical secondary school graduates

107

84.9

 
 

No medical educational background

6

80.8

 

Tenure (years)

1-5

31

89.2

0.011*

 

6-10

56

82.6

 
 

11-15

39

82.6

 
 

16-20

26

78.9

 
 

21-30

13

79.9

 
 

Over 30

7

89.5

 

Salary (RMB per month)

No more than 500

24

85.5

<0.001**

 

500-799

40

76.9

 
 

800-999

36

81.6

 
 

1000-1499

49

86.1

 
 

Over 1499

23

89.0

 
  1. *p < 0.05 **p < 0.01