From: Burnout and health status differences among primary healthcare professionals in Portugal
Group | Variable | Description |
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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 | |
CEN | Dummy variable: 1 if Central region; 0 otherwise | |
ALE | Dummy variable: 1 if Alentejo; 0 otherwise | |
ALG | Dummy variable: 1 if Algarve; 0 otherwise | |
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 |