Table 6.

Job satisfaction and life satisfaction correlates of (n = 625) physicians.

Characteristic	Median JS Score (IQR) or Spearman’s ρ	p Value	Median LS Score (IQR) or Spearman’s ρ	p Value
Age (years)	0.363	<0.001	0.338	<0.001
Sex		0.02		0.221
Male	4.2 (1.6)		3.8 (2.2)
Female	3.8 (1.2)		3.4 (2.2)
Marital status		<0.001		<0.001
Married	4.2 (1.4)		4.0 (2.4)
Single	3.8 (1.4)		3.2 (1.8)
Divorced	3.8 (2.1)		3.2 (2.9)
Number of children	0.344	<0.001	0.342	<0.001
Chronic disease		0.327		0.082
Yes	3.8 (1.4)		3.4 (2.6)
No	4.0 (1.6)		3.8 (2.0)
Working sector		<0.001		<0.001
Private sector	4.4 (1.4)		4.0 (2.8)
Ministry of Health	3.6 (1.2)		3.4 (2.0)
University hospital	3.8 (1.4)		3.8 (2.2)
Specialized medical center	4 (1.5)		3.3 (2.0)
Position		<0.001		<0.001
General practitioner	3.8 (1.2)		3.4 (2.1)
Resident	3.6 (1.3)		3.2 (1.8)
Fellow	4.0 (0.8)		3.8 (1.6)
Specialist	4.0 (1.4)		3.2 (2.3)
Consultant	4.9 (1.4)		5.0 (1.9)
Specialty		<0.001		0.083
General surgery	4.2 (1.4)		3.6 (2.8)
Obstetrics and gynecology	3.6 (1.4)		3.2 (2.0)
Internal medicine	4.0 (1.7)		3.6 (2.0)
Orthopedics	4.4 (1.6)		3.8 (2.0)
Family medicine	3.8 (1.7)		3.8 (2.4)
Other	3.8 (1.9)		3.6 (2.1)
Monthly income		<0.001		<0.001
Unpaid	3.8 (1.2)		3.6 (2.0)
Less than JOD 500	3.7 (1.2)		2.8 (1.9)
JOD 500–1000	3.6 (1.4)		3.2 (1.8)
JOD 1000–2000	4.2 (1.2)		3.8 (2.2)
More than JOD 2000	4.8 (1.2)		5.0 (1.9)
Years practicing medicine	0.368	<0.001	0.368	<0.001
Number of hours working per week	−0.315	<0.001	−0.333	<0.001
Number of on call days per month	−0.215	<0.001	−0.201	<0.001

1 JOD = 1.40 USD.