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Table 5 Contextual factors associated with ‘between’ and ‘within’ municipal inequality for three categories of PHWs in China, 2012

From: Measuring inequalities in the public health workforce at county-level Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in China

 

Staffs

Health professionals

Field epidemiological investigators

Between

Within

Between

Within

Between

Within

contextual factors

Parameter estimates

B(95%CI)

Pb

Parameter estimates

B(95%CI)

Pb

Parameter estimates

B(95%CI)

Pb

Parameter estimates

B(95%CI)

Pb

Parameter estimates

B(95%CI)

Pb

Parameter estimates

B(95%CI)

Pb

Per capita GDP

0.0000 (0.000–0.000)

0.000

0.0000 (0.000–0.000)

0.001

0.0000 (0.000–0.000)

0.606

0.0000 (0.000–0.000)

0.012

0.0000 (0.000–0.000)

0.000

0.0000 (0.000–0.000)

0.122

Numbers of kindergartens and primary schools per 10,000 capita

0.0002 (0.000–0.001)

0.314

0.0005 (0.000–0.001)

0.140

0.0002 (0.000–0.001)

0.524

0.0004 (0.000–0.001)

0.182

0.0000 (0.000–0.000)

0.978

0.0000(−0.001–0.001)

0.986

Agency government financial allocation per employee

−0.0023(− 0.004--0.001)

0.012

− 0.0005(− 0.004–0.003)

0.748

−0.0024(− 0.005–0.001)

0.105

−0.0007(− 0.003–0.002)

0.622

0.0002(− 0.002–0.002)

0.811

− 0.0010(− 0.005–0.003)

0.570

Agency building area per employee

− 0.0015(− 0.002--0.001)

0.000

−0.0014(− 0.002--0.001)

0.001

0.0014 (0.001–0.002)

0.000

− 0.0011(− 0.002–0.000)

0.001

−0.0013(− 0.002--0.001)

0.000

−0.0016(− 0.002--0.001)

0.000

Numbers of training days per employee per year

0.0006(−0.002–0.003)

0.636

0.0035(− 0.001–0.008)

0.144

−0.0021(− 0.006–0.002)

0.348

0.0035 (0.000–0.007)

0.085

0.0016(− 0.001–0.005)

0.303

0.0000(− 0.005–0.005)

0.990

R-square

0.247

0.112

0.099

0.088

0.163

0.061

F-value

17.85

6.869

5.958

5.226

10.593

3.519

P

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.002

  1. a Data source: National cross-sectional survey of the CDC system for 2012, Division of Disease Control and Prevention, Ministry of Health
  2. b All the regression estimates are adjusted for the effect of region (East, Central, West)