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Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of participants (n = 1093)

From: The status of emotional labour and its influence on job burnout among village doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic in China: a cross-sectional study

Sociodemographic Variable

Composition ratio (%)

Surface acting

Deep acting

Job burnout

Score

t/F

P value

Score

t/F

P value

Score

t/F

P value

Gender

  

1.990a

0.047*

 

-2.689a

0.007**

 

2.217a

0.027*

 Male

682 (62.40)

2.33 ± 0.89

  

3.85 ± 0.95

  

2.39 ± 0.59

  

 Female

411 (37.60)

2.21 ± 0.90

  

4.00 ± 0.89

  

2.31 ± 0.59

  

Age (years)

  

1.552b

0.199

 

2.817b

0.038*

 

1.462b

0.223

 ≦30

17 (1.56)

2.11 ± 0.76

  

3.62 ± 1.28

  

2.15 ± 0.55

  

 31 ~ 40

211 (19.30)

2.29 ± 0.86

  

3.83 ± 0.94

  

2.39 ± 0.59

  

 41 ~ 50

584 (53.43)

2.33 ± 0.91

  

3.98 ± 0.90

  

2.37 ± 0.58

  

 ≧51

281 (25.71)

2.20 ± 0.90

  

3.83 ± 0.97

  

2.32 ± 0.59

  

Marital status

  

-0.627a

0.531

 

0.406a

0.685

 

2.206a

0.138

 Married

1049 (95.97)

2.29 ± 0.90

  

3.90 ± 0.93

  

2.37 ± 0.58

  

 Unmarried/widowed/divorced

44 (4.03)

2.20 ± 0.94

  

3.96 ± 1.09

  

2.23 ± 0.68

  

Education level

  

1.092b

0.351

 

3.886b

0.009**

 

0.404b

0.750

 Junior high school and below

16 (1.46)

1.95 ± 0.74

  

3.22 ± 1.30

  

2.27 ± 0.52

  

 High school

597 (54.62)

2.29 ± 0.92

  

3.87 ± 0.93

  

2.37 ± 0.58

  

 Junior college

398 (36.41)

2.27 ± 0.87

  

3.97 ± 0.90

  

2.34 ± 0.60

  

 Bachelor's degree or above

82 (7.50)

2.38 ± 0.88

  

3.98 ± 0.98

  

2.38 ± 0.59

  

Practice qualifications

  

0.626b

0.644

 

0.436b

0.783

 

0.396b

0.812

 None

14 (1.28)

2.20 ± 0.94

  

3.92 ± 1.11

  

2.28 ± 0.47

  

 Practise certificate of village doctors

639 (58.46)

2.25 ± 0.91

  

3.89 ± 0.94

  

2.35 ± 0.58

  

 Practising assistant physician

296 (27.08)

2.34 ± 0.87

  

3.95 ± 0.91

  

2.39 ± 0.58

  

 Practising physician

135 (12.35)

2.31 ± 0.91

  

3.93 ± 0.93

  

2.39 ± 0.65

  

 Others

9 (0.82)

2.38 ± 1.16

  

3.65 ± 0.83

  

2.35 ± 0.82

  

Work form

  

1.530b

0.191

 

0.474b

0.755

 

4.316b

0.002**

 Full-time

474 (43.37)

2.22 ± 0.92

  

3.93 ± 0.95

  

2.29 ± 0.61

  

 Medical main agricultural auxiliary

149 (13.63)

2.26 ± 0.89

  

3.95 ± 0.89

  

2.34 ± 0.55

  

 Half-agriculture and half-medicine

423 (38.70)

2.35 ± 0.89

  

3.86 ± 0.95

  

2.44 ± 0.57

  

 Agricultural main medical auxiliary

41 (3.75)

2.44 ± 0.78

  

3.89 ± 0.77

  

2.51 ± 0.55

  

 Others

6 (0.55)

2.27 ± 0.78

  

3.94 ± 0.75

  

2.38 ± 0.77

  

Work content

  

5.409b

0.005**

 

8.686b

 < 0.001***

 

8.586b

 < 0.001***

 Only provide basic medical care

75 (6.86)

1.98 ± 0.95

  

4.08 ± 0.86

  

2.09 ± 0.59

  

 Only provide basic public health services

59 (5.40)

2.16 ± 0.92

  

3.45 ± 1.15

  

2.36 ± 0.67

  

 Provide basic medical care and public health services

959 (87.74)

2.31 ± 0.89

  

3.92 ± 0.92

  

2.38 ± 0.58

  
  1. * P < 0.05
  2. ** P < 0.01
  3. *** P < 0.001
  4. a results of independent sample t test
  5. b results of one-way analysis of variance