Table 5 Predictors of desired workplace characteristics
Desired workplace characteristics | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | 1 System & policy | 2 Fringe benefits | 3 Work itself | 4 Working relationship | 5 Professional development | 6 Recognition | 7 Working environment | 8 Remuneration |
Beta | Beta | Beta | Beta | Beta | Beta | Beta | Beta | |
Occupation (Reference: administrative staff) | ||||||||
General practitioner | 0.14** | 0.17** | 0.15** | 0.12* | 0.18* | 0.15* | 0.21** | 0.08 |
Public health physician | 0.26** | 0.31** | 0.21** | 0.30** | 0.21** | 0.29* | 0.35** | 0.08 |
Nurse | 0.03 | -0.02 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.07 | -0.01 | 0.11 | -0.01 |
Other | 0.15 | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.03 | 0.14 | 0.04 | 0.28** | -0.05 |
Sex (Reference: female) | ||||||||
Male | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.09 | -0.02 |
Marital status (Reference: single/divorced) | ||||||||
Married | -0.09 | 0.01 | -0.09 | -0.12 | -0.11 | -0.03 | -0.09 | -0.07 |
Age in years (Reference: >50) | ||||||||
21-30 | 0.09 | -0.10 | 0.25 | 0.23 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.41 | 0.11 |
31-40 | 0.28 | 0.17 | 0.41 | 0.39 | 0.32 | 0.38 | 0.51 | 0.44 |
41-50 | 0.32 | 0.06 | 0.34 | 0.38 | 0.17 | 0.39 | 0.45 | 0.40 |
Educational Background (Reference: High school or below) | ||||||||
Junior college | -0.03 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.01 | -0.02 | 0.120 |
College and above | -0.09 | 0.02 | 0.01 | -0.00 | 0.08 | -0.01 | -0.05 | 0.104 |
Years worked (Reference: ≤5) | ||||||||
6-10 | -0.07 | -0.21 | -0.25** | -0.18 | 0.29** | -0.23 | -0.14 | -0.07 |
11-15 | -0.00 | -0.18 | -0.18* | -0.14 | 0.23* | -0.21 | -0.05 | -0.01 |
Desired workplace characteristics | ||||||||
16-20 | -0.07 | -0.25 | -0.13 | -0.12 | 0.16 | -0.16 | -0.17 | -0.13 |
>20 | 0.01 | -0.06 | -0.07 | 0.02 | 0.03 | -0.06 | -0.05 | -0.04 |
Weekly hours worked (Reference: ≤40) | ||||||||
41-48 | -0.04* | -0.02 | -0.00 | -0.02 | -0.06 | -0.03 | -0.06 | 0.04 |
49-56 | -0.06* | -0.03 | -0.00 | -0.03 | -0.09 | 0.00 | -0.10 | 0.07 |
>56 | -0.01* | -0.06 | -0.04 | -0.00 | -0.04 | 0.05 | -0.03 | 0.16 |
Monthly income in RMB (Reference: <2000) | ||||||||
2000-2999 | -0.06 | -0.13* | -0.06 | -0.09* | -0.02 | 0.09 | -0.08 | -0.14* |
3000- 3999 | -0.05 | -0.10 | -0.07 | -0.07 | -0.04 | 0.14* | -0.09 | -0.20* |
>4000 | -0.18 | -0.11 | -0.20 | -0.27* | -0.05 | 0.37* | 0.02 | -0.54** |
Actual workplace characteristics | ||||||||
System & policy | -0.61** | -0.06 | -0.05 | -0.02 | -0.13** | 0.08 | -0.011 | -0.08 |
Fringe benefits | -0.13** | -0.54** | -0.15 | -0.14** | -0.13** | -0.17** | -0.10 | 0.01 |
work itself | 0.09* | 0.03 | -0.38** | -0.16** | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | -0.01 |
working relationship | -0.04 | -0.03 | 0.01 | -0.67** | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.02 | -0.03 |
Professional development | 0.06 | 0.02 | -0.08** | -0.08** | -0.38** | 0.07* | 0.11** | 0.03 |
Recognition | 0.05** | -0.01 | 0.00 | -0.06** | 0.05 | -0.65** | 0.08** | 0.02 |
Working environment | -0.00 | -0.03 | -0.09** | -0.04 | -0.02 | 0.00 | -0.70** | 0.02 |
Remuneration | -0.00 | 0.43** | 0.00 | 0.00 | -0.015 | -0.00 | 0.01 | -0.70** |
Adjusted R2 | 0.52 | 0.57 | 0.46 | 0.53 | 0.47 | 0.62 | 0.62 | 0.59 |