TABLE 3. Multivariate Relationship Between Intention to Leave and Employee Characteristics.

	AOR	95% CI	P
Job satisfaction
Neutral/Somewhat/Very satisfied	Ref
Dissatisfied/Very dissatisfied	3.80	3.42-4.22	<.001
Pay satisfaction
Neutral/Somewhat/Very satisfied	Ref
Dissatisfied/Very dissatisfied	1.83	1.59-2.11	<.001
Supervisor supporta	0.72	0.7-0.74	<.001
Organizational supporta	0.63	0.61-0.66	<.001
Employee engagementa	0.78	0.75-0.81	<.001
Genderb
Male	Ref
Female	0.81	0.74-0.88	<.001
Age
<36 y	1.58	1.44-1.73	<.001
36-39 y	Ref
50-64 y	0.97	0.91-1.04	.37
65+ y	2.80	2.36-3.33	<.001
Highest degree
Less than master's degree	Ref
Master's or doctoral degree	1.14	1.03-1.26	.01
Tenure in organization
<5 y	Ref
5 y+	0.89	0.78-1.01	.08
Supervisory status
Nonsupervisor	Ref
Supervisor or higher	1.15	1.08-1.23	<.001
Race
White	Ref
BIPOC	1.07	1-1.15	.047
Setting
State Health Agency	Ref
Big City Health Coalition	0.96	0.9-1.02	.17
Other local health department	0.79	0.67-0.94	.007
Program area
Administrative/clerical	Ref
Clinical and laboratory	0.94	0.86-1.03	.18
Public health sciences	1.03	0.97-1.1	.33
Social services and all	0.96	0.77-1.19	.69
Other
Covid-19 response involvement
2017	Ref
2021—Hired for COVID-19 response	1.74	1.49-2.03	<.001
2021—No COVID-19 response	0.92	0.84-1	.06
2021—Some COVID-19 response	1.07	0.95-1.2	.26
Constant	0.26	0.23-0.3	<.001

Abbreviations: AOR, adjusted odds ratio; BIPOC, Black, Indigenous, and people of color.

^aFactor variables. Differences statistically significant at ***P < .001, **P < .01, *P < .05.

^bGender: Some other way—excluded because of small cell size.