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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of sample and distributions of job satisfaction (N = 1105)

From: Analysis on the relationship between effort-reward imbalance and job satisfaction among family doctors in China: a cross-sectional study

Variable

N (%)

Job Satisfaction Mean

P

Gender

 Males

517(46.8)

47.00 ± 18.26

0.062a

 Females

588(53.2)

49.04 ± 17.76

 

Age (years)

  ≤ 25

54(4.9)

35.28 ± 17.01

0.000b

 26 ~ 35

327(29.6)

49.98 ± 17.61

 

 36 ~ 45

434(39.3)

50.33 ± 17.54

 

 46 ~ 55

246(33.3)

42.55 ± 18.62

 

  ≥ 56

44(4)

48.09 ± 18.01

 

Marital status

 single

110(10.0)

44.67 ± 20.83

0.097

 married

970(87.8)

48.51 ± 17.59

 

 Divorced or widowed

25(2.3)

48.09 ± 18.01

 

Educational levels

  

0.000b

 junior college or below

548(49.6)

42.69 ± 17.20

 

 bachelor

525(47.5)

52.95 ± 17.03

 

 master or above

32(2.9)

60.66 ± 18.01

 

Technical title

  

0.000

 primary title or below

702(63.5)

43.16 ± 16.71

 

 middle title

325(39.4)

55.40 ± 16.78

 

 vice-senior title or above

78(7.1)

57.78 ± 20.58

 

Work contract

 formal work contract

531(48.1)

52.02 ± 16.73

 > 0.05

 informal work contract

574(51.9)

44.45 ± 18.40

 

Grade of medical institutions

 village clinic / station

124(11.2)

35.31 ± 13.54

0.000

 township health centres

536(48.5)

45.95 ± 17.25

 

 community health service centres

378(34.2)

54.61 ± 17.19

 

 second-class hospitals

67(6.1)

51.99 ± 19.58

 

Years of work (years)

  ≤ 5

211(19.1)

47.02 ± 18.40

0.000b

 6 ~ 10

216(19.5)

46.86 ± 18.35

 

 11 ~ 15

217(19.7)

52.12 ± 16.70

 

 16 ~ 20

117(10.6)

53.16 ± 19.27

 

  ≥ 21

344(31.1)

48.09 ± 18.01

 

Monthly take-home pay (RMB)

 1000 ~ 3000

300(27.1)

28.09 ± 7.38

0.000

 3001 ~ 6000

561(50.8)

50.27 ± 10.26

 

 6001 ~ 9000

210(19.0)

67.04 ± 15.65

 

  ≥ 9001

34(3.1)

71.38 ± 21.48

 

ERR

  ≤ 1

839(75.9)

51.38 ± 17.76

0.000

  > 1

266(24.1)

37.69 ± 14.54

 
  1. The difference was examined by Student’s t test and one-way ANOVA. aMann-Whitney U test and bKruskal-Wallis test were applied for the non-normal continuous variables