Job satisfaction and retention of health-care providers in Afghanistan and Malawi

Table 3 Zero-order correlations between background, work environment, job satisfaction and intent to stay among Malawi health-care providers ( N = 360) (in upper half) and Afghanistan health-care providers ( N = 87) (in lower half) ^a

Factors	Age	Years at facility	Marital status	Having children	Time to travel	Sufficient resources	Recognition	Training	Appropriate pay	Safety	Job satisfaction	Intent to stay
Age	–	0.47**	-0.24**	-0.33**	0.12*	-0.07	0.20**	0.07	-0.03	0.02	0.12*	0.17**
Years at facility	0.26*	–	-0.23**	-0.26**	0.09⁺	-0.01	0.13*	0.04	-0.08	0.11*	-0.04	0.06
Marital status	0.37**	0.16	–	0.52**	-0.15**	0.06	-0.04	-0.01	-0.01	0.12*	0.07	-0.03
Having children	0.14	0.17	0.46**	–	-0.13*	0.04	-0.15**	0.07	0.04	0.06	0.01	-0.17**
Time to travel	0.10	0.02	0.06	-0.08	–	-0.12*	0.06	-0.20**	-0.01	-0.18**	-0.08	0.02
Sufficient resources	-0.23*	-0.01	0.10	0.09	-0.23*	–	0.07	0.25**	0.17**	0.29**	0.09⁺	0.11*
Recognition	-0.21⁺	0.11	-0.17	0.08	-0.10	0.02	–	0.26**	0.10⁺	0.23**	0.19**	0.14**
Training	-0.22*⁺	0.02	0.16	0.03	-0.23*	0.51**	0.10	–	0.12*	0.36**	0.25**	0.15**
Appropriate pay	-0.14	-0.08	-0.17	0.18	-0.25*	0.19⁺	0.38**	0.17	–	0.13*	0.11*	0.12**
Safety	-0.09	-0.06	-0.01	0.21*	-0.18⁺	0.40**	0.02	0.21⁺	0.27*	–	0.20**	0.02
Job satisfaction	-0.08	0.05	0.06	0.23*	-0.42**	0.14	0.07	0.22*	0.24*	0.12	–	0.38**
Intent to stay	-0.17	-0.23*	-0.03	-0.13	0.09	-0.14	0.19⁺	-0.05	-0.22*	-0.11	-0.07	–

⁺ P < 0.10, *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01. Married (yes = 1, no = 0), having young children (yes = 1, no = 0) and years at the same facility (3+ years = 1, ≤2 years = 0).
^aUpper half is for Malawi, and lower half is for Afghanistan.

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