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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of VCDs in three surveys

From: Effect of healthcare system reforms on job satisfaction among village clinic doctors in China

Characteristics

2012 (N = 405)

2015 (N = 519)

2018 (N = 223)

χ2

P

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Gender

 Male

245 (60.5)

342 (65.9)

152 (68.2)

4.579

0.101

 Female

160 (39.5)

177 (34.1)

71 (31.8)

Age

 ≤ 30

33 (8.3)

28 (5.4)

9 (4.0)

10.441

0.107

 31~

159 (39.8)

207 (39.9)

81 (36.3)

 41~

109 (27.3)

171 (32.9)

80 (35.9)

 51~

99 (24.8)

113 (21.8)

53 (23.8)

Marital status

 Unmarried/widowed/divorced

16 (4.0)

21 (4.1)

4 (1.8)

3.537

0.171

 Married

389 (96.0)

496 (95.9)

219 (98.2)

Educational background

 No medical educational background

35 (8.7)

39 (7.6)

10 (4.5)

6.797

0.147

 Secondary technical school graduates

305 (75.5)

386 (75.2)

163 (73.4)

 Junior college degree or higher

64 (15.8)

88 (17.2)

49 (22.1)

Practice qualification

 Medical practitioner

112 (30.7)

34 (6.6)

21 (9.5)

139.627

< 0.001

 Assistant medical practitioner

50 (13.7)

33 (6.4)

40 (18.2)

 Practice qualifications of rural doctors

203 (55.6)

452 (87.1)

159 (72.3)

Integrated care

 Yes

344 (87.8)

495 (96.1)

218 (97.8)

33.932

< 0.001

 No

48 (12.2)

20 (3.9)

5 (2.2)

  1. Percentage of VCDs with missing data on age (1.2% in 2012), marital status (0.4% in 2015), educational background (0.2% in 2012, 1.2% in 2015 and 0.4% in 2018), practice qualification (9.9% in 2012 and 1.3% in 2018), and integrated care (3.2% in 2012 and 0.7% in 2015)