Table 3.
Determinants of Intent to Stay With Job Satisfaction as Independent Variable
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I intend to remain in my current position for the near future | Three years from now, I would still like to be working as a nursing assistant | Do you think you will be working in the field of LTC 3 years from now? | |||||
| Coefficient | (SE) | Coefficient | (SE) | Coefficient | (SE) | ||
| Job satisfaction | 0.65*** | (0.08) | 0.39*** | (0.09) | 0.57*** | (0.09) | |
| Contingency factors | |||||||
| Breadwinner | 0.27 | (0.24) | 0.65* | (0.29) | 0.47 | (0.30) | |
| Single mother | -0.32 | (0.25) | -0.26 | (0.48) | 0.05 | (0.32) | |
| Public assistance | 0.61* | (0.27) | 0.41 | (0.42) | 0.63* | (0.32) | |
| Health insurance | -0.20 | (0.27) | 0.39 | (0.31) | -0.17 | (0.32) | |
| Constant | -11.12*** | (1.73) | |||||
| Cut 1 | 5.66*** | (1.52) | 9.19*** | (1.74) | |||
| Cut 2 | 7.17*** | (1.52) | 10.46*** | (1.82) | |||
| Cut 3 | 9.81*** | (1.65) | 12.09*** | (1.86) | |||
| Pseudo R2 | 0.17 | 0.12 | 0.2 | ||||
Notes: N = 315 nursing assistants in 18 nursing home. Additional control variables are not shown in Tables 3 and 4; full tables available upon request. Models 1 and 2 are ordered logit models; Model 3 is a logit model. Specification tests confirmed that ordered logit model tests meet the proportional odds assumption. Because this study utilizes data from individuals nested within organizations, Huber White Sandwich Estimators were used in all models to correct for clustering of the error terms (Wooldridge, 2002).
*p =.05. **p = .01. ***p = .001.