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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of participants

From: How does job mobility relate to work commitment among rural healthcare workers? a cross-sectional study in western China

Characteristics

Total, n (%)

Experience of job mobility

p-value †

No, n (%)

Yes, n (%)

Gender (n = 3753)

0.023

 Female

2616 (69.7)

1376 (52.6)

1240 (47.4)

 

 Male

1137 (30.3)

639 (56.2)

498 (43.8)

 

Age (n = 3710)

< 0.001

 ≤ 29 years

1306 (35.2)

809 (61.9)

497 (38.1)

 

 30–39 years

1332 (35.9)

675 (50.7)

657 (49.3)

 

 ≥ 40 years

1072 (28.9)

508 (47.4)

564 (52.6)

 

Marriage (n = 3754)

< 0.001

 Unmarried

924 (24.6)

576 (62.3)

348 (37.7)

 

 Married

2830 (75.4)

1438 (50.8)

1392 (49.2)

 

Education (n = 3771)

< 0.001

 ≤ Technical secondary school

780 (20.7)

413 (52.9)

367 (47.1)

 

 Medical college

1829 (48.5)

934 (51.1)

895 (48.9)

 

 ≥ Bachelor’s degree

1162 (30.8)

678 (58.3)

484 (41.7)

 

Technical title (n = 3698)

< 0.001

 Primary

2553 (69.0)

1409 (55.2)

1144 (44.8)

 

 Intermediate

838 (22.7)

397 (47.4)

441 (52.6)

 

 Senior

307 (8.3)

169 (55.0)

138 (45.0)

 

Income per month (n = 3599)

0.741

 ≤ 2000 Yuan

1567 (43.5)

849 (54.2)

718 (45.8)

 

 2001–3000 Yuan

1398 (38.8)

751 (53.7)

647 (46.3)

 

 ≥ 3001 Yuan

634 (17.6)

332 (52.4)

302 (47.6)

 

Administrative duty (n = 3783)

0.516

 No

2950 (78.0)

1583 (53.7)

1367 (46.3)

 

 Yes

833 (22.0)

447 (53.7)

386 (46.3)

 

Type of profession (n = 3783)

0.180

 Doctor

2245 (59.3)

1219 (54.3)

1026 (45.7)

 

 Nurse

1538 (40.7)

811 (52.7)

727 (47.3)

 

Type of healthcare institution (n = 3783)

0.250

 Township healthcare center

1015 (26.8)

535 (52.7)

480 (47.3)

 

 County-level institution

2768 (73.2)

1495 (54.0)

1273 (46.0)

 
  1. Note. † Pearson’s chi-squared test