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Table 2 Mean scores (95 % CI) of three dimensions of work perception of GPs

From: Motives for early retirement of self-employed GPs in the Netherlands: a comparison of two time periods

  1998-2002 2003-2007 Δ
Male Female Total Male Female Total
(n = 256) (n = 26) (n = 282) (n = 175) (n = 16) (n = 191)
Work perception
Job satisfaction (1–6) 1.2412 1.0412 1.221 1.751 1.551 1.741 +
  (1.20-1.28) (0.89-1.20) (1.18-1.26) (1.67-1.83) (1.29-1.83) (1.66-1.81)  
Subjective workload (1–4) 0.75 0.88 0.75 0.73 0.66 0.73 0
  (0.69-0.80) (0.67-1.09) (0.71-081) (0.65-0.81) (0.42-0.90) (0.65-0.80)  
Emotional exhaustion (1–7) 3.0512 3.522 3.091 2.2412 2.872 2.301 -
  (2.92-3.18) (3.07-3.98) (2.97-3.22) (2.06-2.42) (2.12-3.63) (2.12-2.47)  
  1. 1 difference between periods (p < .05) (t-test).
  2. 2 difference between men and women (p < .05) (t-test).
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