Table 1 Variables measured by questionnaire
From: Undervalued professionals: placement of nutritionist in the Ecuadorian health system
Variable | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
General Characteristics | ||
Region | Categorical | Region |
University | Categorical | University |
Sex | Binomial | Sex |
Age | Categorical | Age |
Civil status | Categorical | Civil status |
Status | Categorical | Employment status |
Unemployment | Binomial | Ever unemployed |
Unemployment motive | Categorical | Reason of unemployment |
Unemployment period | Categorical | Maximum period of unemployment |
Graduation Year | Numerical | Graduation year |
Field | Binomial | Work in the nutrition domain |
Field nutrition | Categorical | Field of nutrition |
Field reason | Categorical | If not working in the nutrition field, reason to abandon the nutrition field |
Period until first job | Categorical | Elapsed time until first job after graduation |
Knowledge and skills | ||
Pensum_satisfaction | Likert | Pensum satisfaction related to professional practice |
Pensum_quality_perception | Likert | Pensum quality perceived by nutritionists |
Knowledge difficulties | Binomial | Has the nutritionists perceived difficulties because of poor knowledge impaired in university |
Knowledge principal | Categorical | Most important knowledge selected in list |
Knowledge satisfaction | Likert | Of specific impaired knowledge, how satisfied is nutritionists |
Skills requiered | Categorical | Skills requiered as professional |
Skill principal | Categorical | Most important skills selected in list |
Skills satisfaction | Likert | Of specific impaired skills, how satisfied is nutritionists |
University degree | ||
University degree | Categorical | Education level |
Course modality | Categorical | Course modality |
Postgraduate satisfaction | Likert | Curriculum in postgraduate satisfaction |
Postgraduate country | Categorical | Country of postgraduate degree |
Work environment | ||
Workload | Numerical | Daily hours dedicated to the first activity |
Salary range | Categorical | Salary range |
Salary fixed | Binomial | Is salary fixed or variable |
Secondary activity | Binomial | More than one job |
Secondary activity field | Categorical | Field of nutrition of the second activity |
Nutritionist role satisfaction | Likert | Perceived Satisfaction of the role of Nutritionist |
Salary satisfaction | Likert | Perceived Satisfaction of the salary |
Work satisfaction | Likert | Perceived Satisfaction of the current job |
Work rise possibility satisfaction | Likert | Perceived Satisfaction of the rise possibility |
Work environment satisfaction | Likert | Perceived Satisfaction of the work environment |