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Table 4 Sociodemographic characteristics of the sample per professional category

From: Determining dimensions of job satisfaction in healthcare using factor analysis

  

Professional Categories

Characteristics

Doctors

Nurses

Other Health Professionals

Overall Sample

  

N = 803

%

N = 1,736

%

N = 739

%

N = 3,278

%

Gender

Male

294

36.61%

150

8.64%

168

22.73%

612

18.67%

 

Female

509

63.39%

1,586

91.36%

571

77.27%

2,666

81.33%

Age

< 25 years

5

0.62%

32

1.84%

12

1.62%

49

1.49%

 

26–35 years

236

29.39%

243

14.00%

41

5.55%

520

15.86%

 

36–45 years

273

34.00%

612

35.25%

205

27.74%

1,09

33.25%

 

46–55 years

210

26.15%

723

41.65%

318

43.03%

1,251

38.16%

 

56 > years

79

9.84%

126

7.26%

163

22.06%

368

11.23%

Marital

Married

385

47.95%

1,17

67.40%

499

67.52%

2,054

62.66%

Status

Single

393

48.94%

431

24.83%

152

20.57%

976

29.77%

 

Divorced

24

2.99%

124

7.14%

62

8.39%

210

6.41%

 

Widowed

1

0.12%

11

0.63%

26

3.52%

38

1.16%

Level of

Compulsory

0

0.00%

7

0.40%

43

5.82%

50

1.53%

Education

Secondary

0

0.00%

313

18.03%

328

44.38%

641

19.55%

 

Bachelor

559

69.61%

1,099

63.31%

294

39.78%

1,952

59.55%

 

Master’s / PhD

244

30.39%

317

18.26%

74

10.01%

635

19.37%

Employment

Permanent

425

52.93%

1,59

91.59%

640

86.60%

2,655

80.99%

Status

Temporary

378

47.07%

146

8.41%

99

13.40%

623

19.01%

Professional

< 5 years

290

36.11%

221

12.73%

124

16.78%

635

19.37%

Experience

6–10 years

158

19.68%

158

9.10%

74

10.01%

390

11.90%

 

11–15 years

114

14.20%

376

21.66%

88

11.91%

578

17.63%

 

16–20 years

135

16.81%

457

26.32%

144

19.49%

736

22.45%

 

20 > years

106

13.20%

524

30.18%

309

41.81%

939

28.65%

Economic Situation

I cannot cope with my financial obligations

2

0.25%

70

4.03%

55

7.44%

127

3.87%

 

I manage financially with great difficulties

108

13.45%

716

41.24%

363

49.12%

1,187

36.21%

 

I manage financially but I do not have much left aside

570

70.98%

871

50.17%

274

37.08%

1,715

52.32%

 

I am financially comfortable

105

13.08%

31

1.79%

25

3.38%

161

4.91%

 

I do not know / I do not answer

18

2.24%

48

2.76%

22

2.98%

88

2.68%