Table 3.

Hierarchical regression analysis of related factors on intention to stay

Variables	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3		Model 4
	Standardized β	β	Standardized β	β	Standardized β	β	Standardized β	β
Demographics
Gender - female (ref: male)	1.22	0.11	0.12	1.28*	0.07	0.73	0.06	0.67
Marriage - yes (ref: no)	1.32	0.13*	0.17	1.69***	0.15	1.52**	0.15	1.56**
Family support - yes (ref: no)	1.62	0.19**	0.11	0.92	0.08	0.68	0.07	0.62
Health status in one year ago - better (ref: worse)	0.83	0.11	0.05	0.42	0.03	0.23	0.03	0.21
Health status - good (ref: worse)	1.29	0.17*	0.13	0.96*	0.08	0.61	0.08	0.60
Work experience
Job - full time (ref: part time)			0.13	1.76**	0.12	1.66*	0.12	1.61*
Satisfied of salary (ref: no)			0.04	0.32	0.05	0.41	0.06	0.44
Satisfied of promotion (ref: no)			0.17	1.36***	0.14	1.11**	0.13	1.04*
Satisfied of in-services education (ref: no)			0.06	0.54	0.05	0.45	0.05	0.46
Satisfied of reward and punishment (ref: no)			0.03	0.27	0.04	0.31	0.02	0.18
Satisfied of benefits (ref: no)			-0.07	-0.60	-0.08	-0.69	-0.06	-0.47
Satisfied of current job (ref: no)			0.20	1.84***	0.19	1.72**	0.18	1.60**
Worked as a home care aide under both the LTC 1.0 and LTC 2.0 policies (ref: no)
Yes - prefer LTC 1.0 policy			-0.12	-2.70*	-0.14	-3.03**	-0.12	-2.61*
Yes - prefer LTC 2.0 policy			-0.04	-0.31	-0.03	-0.26	-0.01	− 0.010
Burnout
Work-related burnout					-0.29	-0.07**	-0.28	-0.07**
Personal burnout					0.16	0.03	0.15	0.03
Client-related burnout					-0.07	-0.02	-0.04	-0.01
Personality
Extraversion							0.01	0.01
Emotional stability							-0.01	0.00
Conscientiousness							-0.06	-0.02
Agreeableness							0.20	0.07**
R 2	0.145		0.274		0.324		0.349
Adjusted R 2	0.129		0.234		0.279		0.294
F	9.02***		6.89***		7.13***		6.36***

Note: ref. = reference group. * p < .05; ** p < .01; and *** p < .001.