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. 2010 Nov 4;10:672. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-672

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the study population and likelihood of reporting hesitation and motivation to work

Likelihood of reporting

High Hesitation to work Motivation to work
Characteristic n(%) Hesitation n (%) Motivation n (%) Bivariate OR (95%CI) Multivariate+ OR (95%CI) Bivariate OR (95%CI) Multivariate+ OR (95%CI)

Age
20-30 623 (36.8) 112 (18.0) 111 (17.8) Reference Reference Reference Reference
30-40 466 (27.5) 86 (18.5) 125 (26.8) 1.0 (0.8-1.4) 1.1 (0.8-1.5) 1.7 (1.3-2.3) 1.6 (1.2-2.1)
40-50 326 (19.3) 29 (8.9) 117 (35.9) 0.4 (0.3-0.7) 0.4 (0.3-0.7) 2.6 (1.9-3.5) 2.3 (1.7-3.2)
50-60 239 (14.1) 20 (8.4) 114 (47.7) 0.4 (0.3-0.7) 0.5 (0.3-0.8) 4.2 (3.0-5.8) 3.4 (2.4-4.8)
60-70 39 (2.3) 2 (5.1) 14 (35.9) 0.2 (0.1-1.0) 0.3 (0.1-1.2) 2.6 (1.3-5.1) 1.8 (0.9-3.7)
Gender
Male 411 (24.3) 38 (9.2) 174 (42.3) Reference Reference Reference Reference
Female 1282 (75.7) 211 (16.5) 307 (23.9) 1.9 (1.3-2.8) 1.7 (1.2-2.6) 0.4 (0.3-0.5) 0.6 (0.5-0.8)
Job Classification
Clinical staff 1114 (65.8) 180 (16.2) 265 (23.8) Reference Reference Reference Reference
Clinical technical/Support staff 181 (10.7) 13 (7.2) 81 (44.8) 0.4 (0.2-0.7) 0.6 (0.3-1.0) 2.6 (1.9-3.6) 1.7 (1.2-2.5)
Non-clinical support staff 398 (23.5) 56 (14.1) 135 (33.9) 0.9 (0.6-1.2) 1.2 (0.8-1.7) 1.6 (1.3-2.1) 1.2 (0.9-1.6)
Working at high risk environment
No 1157 (68.3) 169 (14.6) 286 (24.7) Reference Reference Reference Reference
Yes 536 (31.7) 80 (14.9) 195 (36.4) 1.0 (0.8-1.4) 1.2 (0.9-1.7) 1.7 (1.4-2.2) 1.6 (1.2-2.0)

+ Adjusted for Age, Gender, Job classification, Working place.