Impacts of working environment and benefits packages on the health professionals’ job satisfaction in selected public health facilities in eastern Ethiopia: using principal component analysis

Table 1 Socio-demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of health workers in Bale Zone, Eastern Ethiopia, 2017

Variable	Category	Frequency	Percentage
Age	< 25	185	44.6
	25–29	132	31.8
	30–34	61	14.7
	35–39	25	6.0
	Above 39	12	2.9
Sex	Male	250	60.2
Sex	Female	165	39.8
Ethnicity	Oromo	349	84.1
	Gurage	7	1.7
	Tigre	11	2.7
	Amhara	44	10.6
	Others^a	4	1.0
Religion	Orthodox	103	24.8
	Catholic	19	4.6
	Muslim	29	7.0
	Protestant	258	62.2
	Others^b	6	1.4
Marital status	Single	134	32.3
	Married	265	63.9
	Divorced	14	3.4
	Widowed	2	.5
Educational level	Diploma	244	58.8
	Degree	161	38.8
	Masters and above	10	2.4
Professional category	Physicians	6	1.4
	Pharmacy and druggists	54	13.0
	Nurses or midwives	251	60.5
	Health officers	42	10.1
	Laboratory Technician and Technologists	39	9.4
	Others^c	23	5.5
Year of service in Health sector	Below 1 year	48	11.6
	1–5 years	247	59.5
	6–10 years	106	25.5
	Above 10 years	14	4.4
Monthly salary	< 3000	126	30.4
	3000–5000	222	53.5
	> 5000	67	16.1
Status of residential house	Own	68	16.4
	Rent from public	26	6.3
	Rent from private	253	61.0
	provided by health facility	43	10.4
	Live with parents	25	6.0
Type of working Health facility	Health center	337	81.2
Type of working Health facility	Hospital	78	18.8

^a Hadiya and Sidama, ^bWakefata, ^c Environmental health and postgraduate studies

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