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Table 3 Associations with professional life and work-life balance Satisfaction

From: Canadian family physician job satisfaction - is it changing in an evolving practice environment? An analysis of the 2013 National Physician Survey database

 

Satisfaction with professional life

Satisfaction with work-life balance

% satisfied

% dissatisfied

p-value

% satisfied

% dissatisfied

p-value

Gender

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 Male

56.6

53.6

 

56.9

54.9

 

 Female

43.4

46.4

 

43.1

45.1

 

Age group

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

  < 35

11.2

9.6

 

11.9

9.7

 

 35–44

20.5

24.8

 

19.1

24.2

 

 45–54

25.6

31.4

 

23.6

30.5

 

 55–64

28.5

27.4

 

29.3

27.1

 

 65+

14.2

6.8

 

16.2

8.5

 

Provincea

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 Atlantic provinces

7.7

8.5

 

8.0

7.8

 

 QC

27.6

16.9

 

26.6

23.7

 

 ON

34.0

38.1

 

34.6

35.3

 

 MB + SK

5.8

7.4

 

5.4

7.1

 

 AB

10.5

13.1

 

11.0

11.2

 

 BC

14.3

16.0

 

14.5

14.9

 

Number of years licensed to practice medicine

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

  <  4 yrs

14.7

14.2

 

14.2

15.0

 

 5–9 yrs

12.3

14.4

 

11.3

14.3

 

 10–14 yrs

10.0

12.4

 

9.6

11.5

 

 15-19 yrs

8.3

10.7

 

8.4

9.3

 

 20+ yrs

54.8

48.3

 

56.5

49.9

 

Practice type

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 Family medicine only

33.8

46.8

 

34.8

38.8

 

 “Focused” practice

66.2

53.2

 

65.2

61.2

 

Teaching involvement

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 Teaches

70.5

60.8

 

67.0

69.9

 

 Does not teach

29.5

39.2

 

33.0

30.1

 

Primary practice population

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 Inner city

12.3

12.8

 

13.1

11.7

 

 Urban/suburban

55.3

57.5

 

56.8

54.8

 

 Small town

16.7

12.8

 

15.4

16.2

 

 Rural/remote

15.7

16.9

 

14.8

17.3

 

Method of Payment

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

  > 90% Fee for service

34.6

40.4

 

36.2

35.7

 

  > 90% Other

18.5

19.2

 

21.1

15.7

 

  > 90% Blended model

46.9

40.4

 

42.6

48.6

 

Provides On-Call service

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 Yes

65.6

60.7

 

59.1

70.4

 

 No

34.4

39.3

 

40.9

29.6

 

Use electronic records

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 Yes

64.8

67.5

 

62.6

68.5

 

 No

35.2

32.5

 

37.4

31.5

 

Total hours worked per week

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

  < 20 h

4.2

3.7

 

6.4

1.6

 

 20-40 h

23.1

22.7

 

30.5

14.7

 

 40–60 h

48.9

43.1

 

45.4

50.2

 

 60–80 h

15.7

19.8

 

12.1

21.8

 

 80–100 h

4.9

7.5

 

3.5

7.7

 

 100–120 h

2.7

2.7

 

1.9

3.7

 

  >  120 h

0.4

0.4

 

0.3

0.5

 

Satisfaction with remuneration model

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 Satisfied

65.8

31.5

 

72.4

42.3

 

 Dissatisfied

34.2

68.5

 

27.6

57.7

 
  1. aAtlantic provinces = Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, QC Quebec, ON Ontario, MB Manitoba, SK Saskatchewan, AB Alberta, BC British Columbia