Table 3.
Job satisfaction* and satisfaction with leisure time†, comparing UK graduates who have emigrated to New Zealand doctors with their contemporaries in the UK NHS
| Graduation year | Doctors in the UK NHS | Doctors in New Zealand | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (95% CI) | n | Mean (95% CI) | n | |
| Job satisfaction | ||||
| 1974–1988‡ | 6.9 (6.8, 7.0) | 3876 | 8.2 (8.0, 8.4) | 150 |
| 1993–1999§ | 7.1 (7.0, 7.1) | 1784 | 7.8 (7.5, 8.2) | 79 |
| 2000–2005 | 7.4 (7.4, 7.5) | 3905 | 8.1 (7.7, 8.5) | 49 |
| Total | 7.1 (7.1, 7.2) | 9475 | 8.1 (7.9, 8.2) | 278 |
| Leisure time | ||||
| 1974–1988 | 5.1 (5.0, 5.1) | 7866 | 7.6 (7.3, 7.9) | 150 |
| 1993–1999 | 6.0 (6.0, 6.1) | 5629 | 7.9 (7.5, 8.3) | 79 |
| 2000–2005 | 6.1 (6.0, 6.1) | 5341 | 8.4 (8.0, 8.8) | 50 |
| Total | 5.7 (5.6, 5.7) | 18,836 | 7.8 (7.6, 8.0) | 279 |
*Question asked: ‘How much are you enjoying your current position, on a scale from 1 (not enjoying it at all) to 10 (enjoying it greatly)?’
†Question asked: ‘How satisfied are you with the amount of time your work currently leaves you for family, social and recreational activities, on a scale from 1 (not enjoying it at all) to 10 (enjoying it greatly)?’
‡Question asked of 1974 and 1983 cohorts only (in 1998)
§Question asked of 1999 cohort only (in 2007)