From: Gender differences in job quality and job satisfaction among doctors in rural western China
 |  | Level of satisfactiona (%) | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
Job fulfillment | Female | 1.99 | 4.24 | 38.68 | 39.47 | 15.50 |
Male | 1.72 | 6.17 | 40.03 | 36.44 | 15.64 | |
Employee recognition | Female | 4.11 | 7.42 | 51.39 | 27.55 | 9.27 |
Male | 4.88 | 10.47 | 46.34 | 27.55 | 10.76 | |
Relationships with superiors | Female | 3.58 | 9.67 | 44.11 | 33.25 | 9.40 |
Male | 6.17 | 9.76 | 44.76 | 28.84 | 10.47 | |
Superiors’ decision-making ability | Female | 4.50 | 7.95 | 42.91 | 34.17 | 10.33 |
Male | 6.17 | 8.46 | 43.47 | 30.13 | 11.76 | |
Job security | Female | 3.31 | 4.90 | 39.07 | 39.34 | 13.25 |
Male | 3.44 | 5.31 | 43.04 | 35.87 | 12.34 | |
Opportunity to utilize skills and talents | Female | 3.31 | 4.77 | 47.28 | 33.77 | 10.86 |
Male | 2.87 | 6.46 | 46.05 | 32.71 | 11.76 | |
Institution policy implement | Female | 4.77 | 9.40 | 49.54 | 27.81 | 8.48 |
Male | 5.45 | 11.19 | 50.07 | 24.68 | 8.61 | |
Remuneration compared to workload** | Female | 14.44 | 29.27 | 39.34 | 14.17 | 2.78 |
Male | 16.93 | 33.29 | 34.43 | 10.33 | 5.02 | |
Chance of promotion* | Female | 8.48 | 17.09 | 54.70 | 14.83 | 4.90 |
Male | 12.63 | 19.37 | 47.63 | 14.63 | 5.74 | |
Utilization of subjective initiative | Female | 4.11 | 11.52 | 53.25 | 24.11 | 7.02 |
Male | 6.31 | 14.20 | 48.49 | 24.39 | 6.60 | |
Working environment†| Female | 6.62 | 15.50 | 49.93 | 22.25 | 5.70 |
Male | 9.47 | 18.36 | 46.77 | 18.65 | 6.74 | |
Sense of achievement | Female | 4.24 | 11.39 | 45.30 | 29.67 | 9.40 |
Male | 7.17 | 11.19 | 44.76 | 27.83 | 9.04 | |
Relationship with colleagues | Female | 0.93 | 6.62 | 28.48 | 47.15 | 16.82 |
Male | 2.01 | 8.03 | 27.40 | 45.05 | 17.50 |