Table 2 Description of independent variables (n = 467)
Predictor variables | Mean (SD) and % |
|---|---|
Age | 6.0* (1.6) |
Female | 30% (n = 140) |
Work position (n = 457) | |
Hospital specialist doctors | 58.6% (n = 268) |
General practitioners/family medicine | 21.4% (n = 98) |
Private practice specialist doctors | 12.3% (n = 56) |
Other positions | 7.7% (n = 35) |
Job satisfaction (n = 444) | |
Mean (SD) | 48.5 (11.4) |
Median | 49.0 |
Cost-containment initiatives’ influence on work (n = 456) | |
1. Strongly agree | 33.3% (n = 152) |
2. Agree | 41.7% (n = 190) |
3. Neither agree nor disagree | 14.5% (n = 66) |
4. Disagree | 8.1% (n = 37) |
5. Strongly disagree | 2.4% (n = 11) |
Worries about personal finances (n = 462) | |
1. Not stressful | 36.6% (n = 169) |
2. Slightly stressful | 31.0% (n = 143) |
3. Stressful | 18.6% (n = 86) |
4. Quite stressful | 9.5% (n = 44) |
5. Very stressful | 4.3% (n = 20) |
Working abroad during vacations | 10% (n = 48) |