Gender differences in job quality and job satisfaction among doctors in rural western China

Table 7 Single aspect of job satisfaction for the physicians, by gender

		Level of satisfaction^a (%)
		1	2	3	4	5
Job fulfillment	Female	1.99	4.24	38.68	39.47	15.50
Job fulfillment	Male	1.72	6.17	40.03	36.44	15.64
Employee recognition	Female	4.11	7.42	51.39	27.55	9.27
Employee recognition	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
Relationships with superiors	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
Superiors’ decision-making ability	Male	6.17	8.46	43.47	30.13	11.76
Job security	Female	3.31	4.90	39.07	39.34	13.25
Job security	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
Opportunity to utilize skills and talents	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
Institution policy implement	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
Remuneration compared to workload^**	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
Chance of promotion^*	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
Utilization of subjective initiative	Male	6.31	14.20	48.49	24.39	6.60
Working environment^†	Female	6.62	15.50	49.93	22.25	5.70
Working environment^†	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
Sense of achievement	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
Relationship with colleagues	Male	2.01	8.03	27.40	45.05	17.50

^a1 = very dissatisfied, 2 = dissatisfied, 3 = neutral, 4 = satisfied, 5 = very satisfied
^† p < 0.1, ^* p < 0.05, ^** p < 0.01

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