Job satisfaction and its associated factors among opticians in Ghana: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Univariate logistic regression assessing factors associated with job satisfaction among opticians in Ghana

Characteristic	OR	95% CI	p-value
Demographics
Age (years)	0.87	0.73–1.03	0.101
Sex
Male	Ref
Female	1.69	0.52–5.43	0.382
Marital status
Single	Ref
Married	0.53	0.14–2.05	0.354
Number of children	0.73	0.35–1.54	0.409
Location of workplace
Urban	Ref
Rural	1.26	0.35–4.47	0.725
Practice setting
Government	Ref
CHAG/NGO	1.30	0.35–4.90	0.699
Private	0.89	0.17–4.74	0.894
Working hours per week	1.04	0.94–1.15	0.471
Work experience (years)	0.87	0.70–1.09	0.237
Good work–life balance	4.76	0.59–38.57	0.144
Factors for job satisfaction
Salary	16.5	2.06–132.86	0.008
Non-financial incentives			0.997
Job security			0.997
Workplace equipment			0.997
Supervision			0.997
Encouragement			0.997
Recognition			0.997
Responsibility to work			0.997
Task variety			0.997
Workload			0.997
Control			0.997
Support from co-workers			0.997
Continuing education opportunities			0.997
Career advancement opportunities			0.997

OR odds ratio, CI confidence intervals, Ref reference group; p ˂ 0.05 is considered statistically significant

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