The impact of meaning in life and professional happiness on the turnover intention of health care workers: a cross-sectional study from China

Table 5 The hierarchical linear regression analysis for turnover intention

	Turnover intention
	Step1(β)^a	Step2(β)^a	Step3(β)^a
Gender (ref: male)
Female	0.397^*	0.339^*	0.267
Educational level	− 0.201	− 0.164	− 0.232^*
Number of night shifts (monthly)	0.213^***	0.190^**	0.069
Marital status (ref: unmarried)
Married	− 0.010	0.030	0.093
Divorced	− 0.301	− 0.157	− 0.299
Role (ref: nurse)
Physician	0.701^**	0.691^**	0.654^**
Laboratory or radiology technician	− 0.353	− 0.384	− 0.205
Researcher (without clinical role)	0.499	0.392	0.291
Administrative	− 0.587^*	− 0.566^*	− 0.579^**
Years in practice	− 0.245^**	− 0.224^**	− 0.249^**
Age group	− 0.046	− 0.077	− 0.117
Meaning in life		− 0.043^***	− 0.001
Professional happiness			− 0.053^***
F	8.669	12.179	28.508
Adjusted R²	0.070	0.107	0.241
∆R²		0.037	0.134

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