Table 3.

Demographic characteristics associated with staff job satisfaction

Variables	Groups	N	Score	P
Age (years old)	No more than 30	66	87.3	0.002**
	30-39	77	81.1
	40-49	22	78.0
	50-60	7	86.5
Gender	Male	66	79.5	0.001**
	Female	106	85.7
Race	Han	84	76.3	<0.001**
	Uighur	88	90.0
Job type	Clinic	75	82.0	0.101
	Nursing	52	86.5
	Medico-technique	36	82.7
	Other else	9	78.4
Professional title	Doctor in charge or above	18	79.7	0.001**
	Doctor	55	79.9
	Assistant doctor	52	84.5
	Primary health worker	37	89.7
	No technical title	10	78.6
Educational background	Bachelor degree holders	6	88.7	0.090
	Junior college graduates	53	79.6
	Technical secondary school graduates	107	84.9
	No medical educational background	6	80.8
Tenure (years)	1-5	31	89.2	0.011*
	6-10	56	82.6
	11-15	39	82.6
	16-20	26	78.9
	21-30	13	79.9
	Over 30	7	89.5
Salary (RMB per month)	No more than 500	24	85.5	<0.001**
	500-799	40	76.9
	800-999	36	81.6
	1000-1499	49	86.1
	Over 1499	23	89.0

*p < 0.05 **p < 0.01