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Table 1 Distributions of demographic characteristics of WPV in general practitioners

From: Prevalence and associated factors for workplace violence among general practitioners in China: a national cross-sectional study

Variable

Total n (%)

Any type of WPV* n (%)

Physical violence n (%)

Non-physical violence n (%)

Total

4376 (100.00)

624 (100.00)

236 (100.00)

614 (100.00)

Region

 Eastern China

2016 (46.07)

300 (48.08)

110 (46.61)

296 (48.21)

 Central China

1184 (27.06)

184 (29.49)

69 (29.24)

181 (29.48)

 Western China

1176 (26.87)

140 (22.44)

57 (24.15)

137 (22.31)

Age (years)

 < 30

471 (10.76)

64 (10.26)

22 (9.32)

63 (10.26)

 30–

1509 (34.48)

228 (36.54)

73 (30.93)

226 (36.81)

 40–

1684 (38.48)

244 (39.10)

102 (43.22)

240 (39.09)

 ≥ 50

712 (16.27)

88 (14.10)

39 (16.53)

85 (13.84)

Sex

 Male

1778 (40.63)

321 (51.44)

149 (63.14)

314 (51.14)

 Female

2598 (59.37)

303 (48.56)

87 (36.86)

300 (48.86)

Ethnicity

 Han

4065 (92.89)

587 (94.07)

219 (92.80)

579 (94.30)

 Others

311 (7.11)

37 (5.93)

17 (7.20)

35 (5.70)

Marital status

 Unmarried/widowed/divorced

564 (12.89)

79 (12.66)

28 (11.86)

77 (12.54)

 Married

3812 (87.11)

545 (87.34)

208 (88.14)

537 (87.46)

Education level

 Associate’s degree or vocational diploma

1103 (25.21)

120 (19.23)

53 (22.46)

112 (18.24)

 Bachelor degree

2974 (67.96)

455 (72.92)

169 (71.61)

453 (73.78)

 Master degree or higher

299 (6.83)

49 (7.85)

14 (5.93)

49 (7.98)

Annual personal income (¥)

 < 100,000

2930 (66.96)

410 (65.71)

159 (67.37)

400 (65.15)

 100,000–

1001 (22.87)

141 (22.60)

55 (23.31)

141 (22.96)

 ≥ 150,000

445 (10.17)

73 (11.70)

22 (9.32)

73 (11.89)

  1. WPV workplace violence
  2. Includes those who experienced only physical, only non-physical, or both types of workplace violence