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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of RHWs (N = 5046)

From: Job satisfaction, work stress, and turnover intentions among rural health workers: a cross-sectional study in 11 western provinces of China

Characteristics

N (%)

Turnover intention

P-value (χ2 test)

No, n (%)

Yes, n (%)

Gender

   

0.765

 Female

3431 (68.0)

2428 (67.9)

1003 (68.3)

 

 Male

1615 (32.0)

1150 (32.1)

465 (31.7)

 

Age

   

0.000

 < 30 years

1987 (39.4)

1381 (38.6)

606 (41.3)

 

 31–40 years

1709 (33.9)

1175 (32.8)

534 (36.4)

 

 ≥ 41 years

1350 (26.8)

1022 (28.6)

328 (22.3)

 

Marital status

   

0.158

 Unmarried

1316 (26.1)

913 (25.5)

403 (27.5)

 

 Married

3730 (73.9)

2665 (74.5)

1065 (72.5)

 

Education

   

0.008

 Low

84 (1.7)

68 (1.9)

16 (1.1)

 

 Medium

3603 (71.4)

2582 (72.2)

1021 (69.6)

 

 High

1359 (26.9)

928 (25.9)

431 (29.4)

 

Income (USD, per month)

   

0.000

 < 163.4

436 (8.6)

302 (8.4)

134 (9.1)

 

 163.5–326.7

1942 (38.5)

1324 (37.0)

618 (42.1)

 

 326.8–490.1

1849 (36.6)

1310 (36.6)

539 (36.7)

 

 ≥ 490.2

819 (16.2)

642 (17.9)

177 (12.1)

 

Technical title

   

0.802

 Medical assistant

1704 (33.8)

1213 (33.9)

491 (33.4)

 

 Resident physician

2135 (42.3)

1500 (41.9)

635 (43.3)

 

 Attending physician

908 (18.0)

646 (18.1)

262 (17.8)

 

 Associate chief physician

224 (4.4)

166 (4.6)

58 (4.0)

 

 Chief physician

75 (1.5)

53 (1.5)

22 (1.5)

 

Medical institution

   

0.000

 TH

1507 (29.9)

1027 (28.7)

480 (32.7)

 

 CDC

616 (12.2)

485 (13.6)

131 (8.9)

 

 MCHH

794 (15.7)

584 (16.3)

210 (14.3)

 

 TCMH

739 (14.6)

490 (13.7)

249 (17.0)

 

 CGH

1390 (27.5)

992 (27.7)

398 (27.1)

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