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Table 1 Demographic and work-related characteristic of participants (N, %)

From: Training primary healthcare workers in China’s township hospitals: a mixed methods study

Characteristics

Overall

(n = 1148)

Physicians

(n = 590)

Nurses

(n = 207)

Public health workers

(n = 351)

p value

Gender

 Male

404 (35.28)

280 (47.62)

4 (1.94)

120 (34.19)

< 0.001

 Female

741 (64.72)

308 (52.38)

202 (98.06)

231 (65.81)

 

Age

  < 30

185 (16.23)

80 (13.63)

43 (20.87)

62 (17.87)

< 0.001

 30–39

472 (41.4)

237 (40.37)

105 (50.97)

130 (37.46)

 

 40–49

398 (34.91)

223 (37.99)

53 (25.73)

122 (35.16)

 

  ≥ 50

85 (7.46)

47 (8.01)

5 (2.43)

33 (9.51)

 

Educational background

 High school or below

228 (19.88)

92 (15.62)

30 (14.49)

106 (30.2)

< 0.001

 Junior college

481 (41.94)

222 (37.69)

102 (49.28)

157 (44.73)

 

 Bachelor and above

438 (38.19)

275 (46.69)

75 (36.23)

88 (25.07)

 

Professional status

 No title

220 (19.28)

76 (12.95)

32 (15.53)

112 (32.18)

< 0.001

 Primary

505 (44.26)

264 (44.97)

95 (46.12)

146 (41.95)

 

 Intermediate

398 (34.88)

232 (39.52)

79 (38.35)

87 (25)

 

 Senior/deputy senior

18 (1.58)

15 (2.56)

0 (0.00)

3 (0.86)

 

Employment mode

 Formal

873 (76.11)

490 (83.19)

137 (66.18)

246 (70.09)

< 0.001

 Casual

274 (23.89)

99 (16.81)

70 (33.82)

105 (29.91)

 

Monthly income (CNY)

  < 3000

285 (24.83)

104 (17.63)

46 (22.22)

135 (38.46)

< 0.001

 3000–3999

437 (38.07)

236 (40)

78 (37.68)

123 (35.04)

 

 4000–4999

426 (37.11)

250 (42.37)

83 (40.1)

93 (26.5)

 

  ≥ 5000

105 (9.13)

69 (9.79)

36 (8.09)

  

Length of service (years)

  < 5

238 (21.17)

92 (15.86)

47 (23.15)

99 (29.03)

< 0.001

 5–9

200 (17.79)

113 (19.48)

32 (15.76)

55 (16.13)

 

 10–19

331 (29.45)

184 (31.72)

59 (29.06)

88 (25.81)

 

  ≥ 20

355 (31.58)

191 (32.93)

65 (32.02)

99 (29.03)

 

Qualification for practicing

 Yes

964 (84.49)

530 (90.14)

201 (97.57)

233 (67.15)

< 0.001

 No

177 (15.51)

58 (9.86)

5 (2.43)

114 (32.85)