Is the Job Satisfaction Survey a good tool to measure job satisfaction amongst health workers in Nepal? Results of a validation analysis

Table 5 Demographic characteristics and mean JSS of MNHWs

Variable	n	%	Mean job satisfaction index (JSI)	Standard deviation
District
Dailekh	40	29.20	1.02	2.34
Kailali	59	43.07	−0.75	2.36
Banke	38	27.74	0.09	1.32
Gender
Female	137	100	0.00^b	2.23
Age group
18–19 years	6	4.38	1.41	2.99
20–29 years	60	43.8	−0.18	2.38
30–39 years	43	31.39	−0.06	2.16
40–49 years	25	18.25	0.34	1.79
50 years or older	3	2.19	−1.05	1.36
Ethnicity
Dalit Hill	4	2.92	0.3	1.6
Dalit Terai^Ɨ	1	0.73	1.4	.
Disadvantaged Janajati Hill	14	10.22	−0.6	2.7
Disadvantaged Janajati Terai	16	11.68	−1.2	2.0
Relatively advantaged Janajati	9	6.57	1.4	2.9
Upper caste	93	67.88	0.1	2.1
Job title
Auxiliary Nurse Midwife	88	64.23	−0.16	2.12
Senior Auxiliary Nurse Midwife	23	16.79	0.25	1.36
Staff Nurse	13	9.49	−0.04	4.05
Senior Staff Nurse	5	3.65	−0.44	1.40
Up-graded Maternal and Child Health Worker	8	5.84	1.44	1.63
Type of current health facility
Zonal hospital	13	9.49	−0.55	2.08
District hospital	13	9.49	−0.61	4.55
Primary health centre	24	17.52	0.16	1.45
Health post	64	46.72	0.02	1.94
Sub health post	23	16.79	0.44	1.82
Time spent in current post
Less than 1 month	12	8.76	2.52	2.12
1–6 months	23	16.79	−0.62	2.09
7–12 months	6	4.38	−0.55	1.57
1–2 years	22	16.06	0.02	2.07
2 years or more	74	54.01	−0.18	2.15
Salary after tax (Nepali Rupees) ^a
Less than 5,000	4	2.92	−1.93	0.99
5,000–9,999	39	28.47	−0.26	2.22
10,000–14,999	72	52.55	0.15	2.05
15,000–19,999	21	15.33	0.21	2.84
More than 20,000	1	0.73	2.29	.

Note: Ɨ indicates only one observation for this characteristic. As a result, the standard deviation is not calculated
^a96.29 Nepali Eupees = 1 United States Dollar
^bThe mean value of the JSI for female is 0.000000000952
Note: JSI range: −7.37 (minimum); 8.35 (maximum)

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