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Table 2 Description of the participants (n = 17,816) and facilities (n = 701)

From: More public health service providers are experiencing job burnout than clinical care providers in primary care facilities in China

 

Overall

CC

PH

p-value

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

Individual

       

Age

(mean, SD)

35.39

9.27

35.42

9.40

35.30

8.84

0.467*

Gender

       

 Male

5312

29.82

4239

31.37

1073

24.93

 < 0.001†

 Female

12,504

70.18

9273

68.63

3231

75.07

Marital status

       

 Married

14,095

79.11

10,658

78.88

3437

79.86

0.169†

 Unmarried

3721

20.89

2854

21.12

867

20.14

Education level

       

 Junior college or below

10,479

58.82

7873

58.27

2606

60.55

0.016†

 Undergraduates

7181

40.31

5525

40.89

1656

38.48

 Postgraduates

156

0.88

114

0.84

42

0.98

Job type

       

 Doctor

8421

47.27

5767

42.68

2654

61.66

 < 0.001†

 Nurse

5343

29.99

4244

31.41

1099

25.53

 Pharmacist

1266

7.11

1117

8.27

149

3.46

 Others

2786

15.64

2384

17.64

402

9.34

Title

       

 Primary

12,452

69.89

9266

68.58

3186

74.02

 < 0.001†

 Junior

4623

25.95

3619

26.78

1004

23.33

 Senior

741

4.16

627

4.64

114

2.65

Administrative responsibility

      

 Yes

5780

32.44

4501

33.31

1279

29.72

 < 0.001†

 No

12,036

67.56

9011

66.69

3025

70.28

Employment status

      

 Long term

12,920

72.52

9723

71.96

3197

74.28

0.003†

 Temporary

4896

27.48

3789

28.04

1107

25.72

Working years (mean, SD)

10.03

9.12

10.16

9.15

9.64

9.01

0.001*

Working hours

       

  < 40

1556

8.73

1156

8.56

400

9.29

 < 0.001†

 40–49

8867

49.77

6249

46.25

2618

60.83

 50–59

3892

21.85

3029

22.42

863

20.05

  ≥ 60

3501

19.65

3078

22.78

423

9.83

Income proportion

      

  < 25%

3365

18.89

2530

18.72

835

19.4

0.265†

 25%–49%

5289

29.69

3981

29.46

1308

30.39

 50%–75%

5718

32.09

4354

32.22

1364

31.69

  > 75%

3444

19.33

2647

19.59

797

18.52

Facility

       

Location

   

 Eastern

315

44.94

–

 Central

148

21.11

–

 Western

238

33.95

–

Facility type

   

 Township health centre

420

59.91

–

 Community health centre

281

40.09

–

Performance-based salary (mean, SD)

37.28

18.68

–

  1. *p value of t-test to examine the significance of difference in the variable between clinical care and public health service groups
  2. †p value of Chi-square test to examine the significance of difference in the variable between clinical care and public health service groups