Job Satisfaction and Its Associated Factors Among General Practitioners in China

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Table 1.

Multiple Linear Stepwise Regression Analysis for Association with Job Satisfaction among GPs (n = 3236)^*

Variables	β	SE	t	P Value
Region (ref = western China)
Eastern China	0.599	0.201	−2.968	.003
Sex (ref = female)
Male	−0.537	0.197	−2.720	.007
Education level (ref = associate's degree or vocational diploma^†)
Bachelor degree	−0.975	0.217	−4.491	<.0001
Master degree or higher	−1.633	0.444	−3.678	<.0001
Working overtime (ref = never)
Frequent	−1.135	0.203	−5.606	<.0001
Income level (ref = moderate or below)
Moderate	2.374	0.218	10.866	<.0001
Moderate or higher	2.660	0.576	4.622	<.0001
Professional title (ref = elementary or below)
Intermediate	−0.803	0.208	−3.863	<.0001
Senior	−0.945	0.319	−2.968	.003
Emotional exhaustion (1 score increase)	−0.110	0.009	−12.003	<.0001
Depersonalization (1 score increase)	−0.074	0.018	−4.137	<.0001
Personal accomplishment (1 score increase)	0.065	0.010	6.823	<.0001
Work stress (ref = low)
Intermediate	−1.089	0.342	−3.187	.001
High	−1.738	0.344	−5.059	<.0001
Occupational development opportunities (ref = fewer)
General	3.821	0.197	19.429	<.0001
More	7.721	0.372	20.742	<.0001
Intercept	35.143	0.495	70.992	<0.0001

↵* Adjustment for marital status (unmarried, widowed, divorced, or married), manager responsibility (yes, no), contract status (permanent, temporary), age (continuous), work tenure (continuous), and other variables in the models. R² = 0.365; F = 117.094, P < .0001.
↵† GPs who have acquired an associate's degree or vocational diploma. An associate's degree required 3 years of education in college after graduation from senior middle school (grade year 10 to year 12) or 5 years of education in college after graduation from junior middle school (grade year 7 to year 9). A vocational diploma requires 2 years of education in vocational school after graduation from senior middle school or 3 years of education in vocational school after graduation from junior middle school. The β across each variable (including region, sex, education level, working overtime, income level, professional title, emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, personal accomplishment, work stress, and occupational development opportunities) was compared to generate the statistics.
GP, general practitioner; ref, reference.