Are midwives in the Netherlands satisfied with their jobs? A systematic examination of satisfaction levels among hospital and primary-care midwives in the Netherlands

Table 3 Mean scores [standard deviations] for hospital and primary-care midwives for other domains

Domain	Overall mean both groups (SD)	Mean score hospital midwives^a (SD)	Mean score primary-care midwives^b (SD)	P value
Personnel & organization	3.17 [0.37]	3.00 [0.30]	3.21 [0.38]	0.001
Work demands & tasks	2.60 [0.25]	2.49 [0.24]	2.63 [0.25]	0.001
Social support at work	3.03 [0.30]	2.93 [0.22]	3.06 [0.31]	0.001
Working relationships	2.74 [0.28]	2.78 [0.23]	2.74 [0.29]	0.190
Workplace agreements & referrals	2.19 [0.31]	2.20 [0.30]	2.19 [0.32]	0.759
Autonomy	2.70 [0.33]	2.52 [0.28]	2.74 [0.33]	0.001
Potential for development	2.98 [0.39]	2.91 [0.40]	2.99 [0.39]	0.080
Financial reward	2.58 [0.60]	2.70 [0.56]	2.55 [0.61]	0.024
Influence of work on private life	2.60 [0.63]	2.13 [0.47]	2.72 [0.60]	0.001

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