Table 2 Mean scoresa [standard deviation] for hospital and primary-care midwives for questions in ‘job satisfaction’ domain
Individual factor statements for ‘job-satisfaction’ domain | Overall mean for both professional groups mean [SD] | Hospital midwivesb mean [SD] | Primary care midwivesc mean [SD] | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
If I had to choose again, I’d choose this job | 3.12 [0.68] | 3.15 [0.64] | 3.02 [0.74] | 0.54 |
I would like to change jobs | 3.18 [0.71] | 3.02 [0.72] | 3.03 [0.76] | 0.28 |
I’m satisfied with my job | 3.21 [0.59] | 3.06 [0.59] | 3.13 [0.63] | 0.31 |
I would recommend a friend to take this job | 2.87 [0.67] | 2.90 [0.64] | 2.62 [0.72] | 0.001 |
When I applied this is the job that I wanted | 3.36 [0.55] | 3.25 [0.52] | 3.27 [0.59] | 0.70 |
I often have to do work that I would rather not do | 3.03 [0.57] | 3.04 [0.53] | 2.86 [0.64] | 0.11 |
Domain score per profession (mean) SD | 3.13 [0.47] | 3.07 [0.48] | 3.02 [0.48] | 0.45 |