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 5 Regression model predicting job satisfaction for hospital and primary-care midwives

Model variables	Hospital midwives^a		Primary-care midwives^b
Model variables	Beta	95%C.I.lower/upper	Beta	95%C.I.lower/upper
Age	−0.089	− 0.017/0.008	0.031	− 0.006/0.009
Total years of experience in profession	−0.259	− 0.026/− 0.001	−0.157	− 0.019/0.002
Total years of experience in current job	0.146	0.003/0.022	0.050	−0.005/0.12
Working Hours per week	0.170	0.002/0.027	0.016	−0.002/0.003
Personnel & Organization	0.042	−0.227/0.361	0.068	−0.029/0.203
Work demands & tasks	0.171	--0.020/0.627	0.186	0.116/0.376
Social support at work	0.185	−0.028/0.851	0.199	0.168/0.451
Work relationships	0.001	−0.359/0.364	0.034	−0.094/0.208
Workplace agreements & referrals	0.220	0.077/0.543	−0.004	−0.130/0.119
Autonomy	0.066	−0.188/0.418	0.108	0.024/0.299
Potential for development		0.112/0.516	0.315	0.278/0.511
Financial reward	0.094	−0.056/0.216	0.063	−0.023/0.123
Influence of work on private life	−.0.143	−0.485/0.12	0.91	0.005/0.236
R² Model	R² = 0.567		R² = 0.412

Model multiple regression analysis: outcome = mean job satisfaction. Predictor(s) demographic characteristics = age / total years of experience in profession / total years in current job/hours per week worked plus work-related elements of job satisfaction = personnel & organization/ work demands and tasks/, social support at work/ working relationships/ workplace agreements & referrals/autonomy/potential for development/financial reward/influence of work on private life
^an = 103
^bn = 405

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