From: Training primary healthcare workers in China’s township hospitals: a mixed methods study
Characteristics | Overall (n = 1148) | Physicians (n = 590) | Nurses (n = 207) | Public health workers (n = 351) | p value |
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Gender | |||||
Male | 404 (35.28) | 280 (47.62) | 4 (1.94) | 120 (34.19) | < 0.001 |
Female | 741 (64.72) | 308 (52.38) | 202 (98.06) | 231 (65.81) | |
Age | |||||
< 30 | 185 (16.23) | 80 (13.63) | 43 (20.87) | 62 (17.87) | < 0.001 |
30–39 | 472 (41.4) | 237 (40.37) | 105 (50.97) | 130 (37.46) | |
40–49 | 398 (34.91) | 223 (37.99) | 53 (25.73) | 122 (35.16) | |
≥ 50 | 85 (7.46) | 47 (8.01) | 5 (2.43) | 33 (9.51) | |
Educational background | |||||
High school or below | 228 (19.88) | 92 (15.62) | 30 (14.49) | 106 (30.2) | < 0.001 |
Junior college | 481 (41.94) | 222 (37.69) | 102 (49.28) | 157 (44.73) | |
Bachelor and above | 438 (38.19) | 275 (46.69) | 75 (36.23) | 88 (25.07) | |
Professional status | |||||
No title | 220 (19.28) | 76 (12.95) | 32 (15.53) | 112 (32.18) | < 0.001 |
Primary | 505 (44.26) | 264 (44.97) | 95 (46.12) | 146 (41.95) | |
Intermediate | 398 (34.88) | 232 (39.52) | 79 (38.35) | 87 (25) | |
Senior/deputy senior | 18 (1.58) | 15 (2.56) | 0 (0.00) | 3 (0.86) | |
Employment mode | |||||
Formal | 873 (76.11) | 490 (83.19) | 137 (66.18) | 246 (70.09) | < 0.001 |
Casual | 274 (23.89) | 99 (16.81) | 70 (33.82) | 105 (29.91) | |
Monthly income (CNY) | |||||
< 3000 | 285 (24.83) | 104 (17.63) | 46 (22.22) | 135 (38.46) | < 0.001 |
3000–3999 | 437 (38.07) | 236 (40) | 78 (37.68) | 123 (35.04) | |
4000–4999 | 426 (37.11) | 250 (42.37) | 83 (40.1) | 93 (26.5) | |
≥ 5000 | 105 (9.13) | 69 (9.79) | 36 (8.09) | ||
Length of service (years) | |||||
< 5 | 238 (21.17) | 92 (15.86) | 47 (23.15) | 99 (29.03) | < 0.001 |
5–9 | 200 (17.79) | 113 (19.48) | 32 (15.76) | 55 (16.13) | |
10–19 | 331 (29.45) | 184 (31.72) | 59 (29.06) | 88 (25.81) | |
≥ 20 | 355 (31.58) | 191 (32.93) | 65 (32.02) | 99 (29.03) | |
Qualification for practicing | |||||
Yes | 964 (84.49) | 530 (90.14) | 201 (97.57) | 233 (67.15) | < 0.001 |
No | 177 (15.51) | 58 (9.86) | 5 (2.43) | 114 (32.85) |