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Table 1 Socio-demographic features of the investigated CHS workers in five Chinese provinces

From: Factors influencing the work passion of Chinese community health service workers: an investigation in five provinces

Characteristic

CHS workers (n = 3220)

Percentage (%)

Gender

  

 Male

1574

48.9

 Female

1646

51.1

Age

  

 24 or below

728

22.6

 25–34

1191

37.0

 35–44

911

28.3

 45–54

338

10.5

 55 and above

52

1.6

Educational background

  

 Secondary technical school and below

808

25.1

 Junior college

1810

56.2

 Bachelor’s degree

596

18.5

 Master’s degree or above

6

0.2

Position

  

 Doctor

1117

34.7

 Nurse

1036

32.2

 Public health worker

664

20.6

 Medical technician

403

12.5

Professional title

  

 No title

206

6.4

 Junior level title

2180

67.7

 Middle level title

805

25.0

 Senior level title

29

0.9

Years of employment

  

 1 year and below

374

11.6

 2–5 years

776

24.1

 6–10 years

586

18.2

 11–15 years

473

14.7

 16–20 years

438

13.6

 20 years and above

573

17.8

Province

  

 Hubei

747

23.2

 Guizhou

592

18.4

 Hebei

441

13.7

 Guangdong

850

26.4

 Zhejiang

590

18.3