Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of village doctors (n = 1889)
| Characteristics | Category | No.(%) |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | 1302(68.9) |
| Female | 587(31.1) | |
| Age (years) | <25 | 23(1.2) |
| 25 ~ 35 | 319(16.9) | |
| 35 ~ 45 | 599(31.7) | |
| 45 ~ 55 | 409(21.7) | |
| ≥55 | 539(28.5) | |
| Educational qualification | Secondary technical school and below | 1564(82.8) |
| Junior college | 285(15.1) | |
| Bachelor | 21(1.1) | |
| Master and above | 19(1.0) | |
| Title | No title | 720(38.1) |
| Junior title | 844(44.7) | |
| Middle title | 310(16.4) | |
| Senior title | 15(0.8) | |
| Work seniority | < 5 | 105(5.5) |
| 5-15 | 480(25.4) | |
| 15-25 | 532(28.2) | |
| ≥ 25 | 772(40.9) | |
| Qualified to practice | Yes | 1453(76.9) |
| No | 436(23.1) | |
| Average income/years (ten thousand Yuan) | ≤3 | 1451(76.8) |
| 3-5 | 315(16.7) | |
| 5-8 | 99(5.2) | |
| ≥ 8 | 24(1.3) | |
| Individual income levels in the local* | The upper layer | 12(0.6) |
| Between upper and middle | 57(3.0) | |
| Middle level | 488(25.9) | |
| Between middle and lower | 860(45.5) | |
| The lower layer | 472(25.0) | |
| Income satisfaction | Satisfied | 113(6.0) |
| Moderate (not too bad) | 725(38.4) | |
| Dissatisfied | 1051(55.6) |
*The income levels are in relation to town-wide income levels.