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Table 2 Independent variables description

From: Burnout and health status differences among primary healthcare professionals in Portugal

Group

Variable

Description

Socio-economic

male

Dummy variable: 1 if male; 0 otherwise

age

Number of years old

 

married

Dummy variable: 1 if married or partnership; 0 otherwise

 

nb_children

Number of children

 

education

Years of completed level of education. It ranges from 4 years of primary school to 22 years of doctorate

 

income

Family income sufficiency for family needs and personal training. Dummy variable: 1 if income is sufficient; 0 otherwise

Professional and labour

GP

Dummy variable: 1 if GP; 0 otherwise

nurse

Dummy variable: 1 if nurse; 0 otherwise

technician

Dummy variable: 1 if health technician; 0 otherwise

Reference category for professional category

experience

Number of years of professional experience

tenure

Dummy variable: 1 if permanent and tenure contract; 0 otherwise

Job Satisfaction

Overall job satisfaction (OJS)

Level of overall professional satisfaction, ranging from 0 (completely unsatisfied) to 1 (completely satisfied)

Geographic

urban

Dummy variable: 1 if geographical area with more than 5,000 inhabitants and a population density higher than 500 inhabitants per Km2; 0 otherwise

rural

Dummy variable: 1 if area with less than 2,000 inhabitants and a population density lower than 100 inhabitants per Km2; 0 otherwise

moderately urban

It is defined in-between urban and rural areas defined above. Reference category for urbanization density

NOR

Dummy variable: 1 if Northern region; 0 otherwise

See picture Table 6 in Appendix

CEN

Dummy variable: 1 if Central region; 0 otherwise

See picture Table 6 in Appendix

ALE

Dummy variable: 1 if Alentejo; 0 otherwise

See picture Table 6 in Appendix

ALG

Dummy variable: 1 if Algarve; 0 otherwise

See picture Table 6 in Appendix

LTV

Lisbon and Tagus Valley region

Reference category for health administrative region

Unit type

USF-A

Dummy variable: 1 if USF without performance-based incentives; 0 otherwise

USF-B

Dummy variable: 1 if USF with performance-based incentives; 0 otherwise

USCP

Dummy variable: 1 if UCSP, former primary health care unit; 0 otherwise

other units

Other types of primary health care units, e.g. UCC, USP and URAP. Reference category for unit type