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Table 3 Univariate analyses examing socio-demographic factors associated with the turnover intention of the village doctors

From: Factors that influence the turnover intention of Chinese village doctors based on the investigation results of Xiangyang City in Hubei Province

Indexes

With turnover intention n(%)

Without turnover intention n(%)

χ2

p

Gender

    

Male

483(25.6)

819 (43.3)

  

Female

212(11.2)

375(19.9)

0.167

0.682

Educational qualification

    

Secondary technical school and below

577(30.5)

987(52.3)

  

Junior college

104(5.5)

181(9.6)

  

Bachelor

8(0.4)

13(0.7)

  

Master and above

6(0.3)

13(0.7)

0.255

0.968

Work seniority

    

< 5

30(1.6)

75(4.0)

  

5-15

193(10.2)

287(15.2)

  

15-25

196(10.4)

336(17.8)

  

≥ 25

276(14.6)

496(26.2)

5.820

0.121

Qualified to practice

    

Yes

528(28.0)

925(49.0)

  

No

167(8.8)

269(14.2)

0.556

0.456

Individual income levels in the local

    

The upper layer

 

4(0.2)

8(0.4)

 

Between upper and middle

15(0.8)

42(2.2)

  

Middle level

134(7.1)

354(18.7)

  

Between middle and lower

320(16.9)

540(28.6)

  

The lower layer

222(11.8)

250(13.3)

42.385

<0.001

Income satisfaction

    

Satisfactory

18(0.9)

95(5.0)

  

Moderate (not too bad)

177(9.4)

548(29.0)

  

Dissatisfactory

500(26.5)

551(29.2)

121.452

<0.001

  1. Bold values (p < 0.05) are statistically significant.