TABLE 3—
Correlates of Job Satisfaction: Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey and Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey, United States, 2014
| Variable | Very Dissatisfied, Somewhat Dissatisfied, or Neither (n = 4 937) | Somewhat or Very Satisfied (18 911) | AOR (95% CI) |
| Pay satisfaction | |||
| Very dissatisfied, somewhat dissatisfied, or neither (Ref) | 3 625 | 7 720 | 1 |
| Somewhat or very satisfied | 1 312 | 11 191 | 3.11 (2.78, 3.49) |
| Organizational supporta | 3.63 (3.39, 3.89) | ||
| Employee involvementa | 2.76 (2.57, 2.97) | ||
| Gender | |||
| Male (Ref) | 1 342 | 4 867 | 1 |
| Female | 3 595 | 14 044 | 0.94 (0.83, 1.07) |
| Age, y | |||
| < 50 (Ref) | 2 480 | 9 445 | 1 |
| ≥ 50 | 2 457 | 9 466 | 1.03 (0.91, 1.15) |
| Highest level of education | |||
| No bachelor’s (Ref) | 1 246 | 5 347 | 1 |
| Bachelor’s degree | 1 586 | 6 145 | 0.91 (0.79, 1.05) |
| Graduate degree | 2 105 | 7 419 | 0.90 (0.78, 1.04) |
| Tenure in organization | |||
| < 5 y (Ref) | 1 490 | 6 220 | 1 |
| ≥ 5 y | 3 447 | 12 691 | 1.09 (0.96, 1.23) |
| Supervisory status | |||
| Nonsupervisor (Ref) | 3 931 | 13 375 | 1 |
| Supervisor or higher | 1 006 | 5 536 | 0.99 (0.86, 1.13) |
| Race/ethnicity | |||
| Person of color (Ref) | 1 753 | 6 101 | 1 |
| Non-Hispanic White | 3 184 | 12 810 | 1.00 (0.89, 1.12) |
| Setting | |||
| CDC (Ref) | 1 310 | 3 562 | 1 |
| SHA Central Office | 1 924 | 7 331 | 2.32 (2.05, 2.62) |
| Other LHDs and RHDs | 1 309 | 6 313 | 2.92 (2.53, 3.36) |
| BCHC LHDs | 394 | 1 705 | 2.46 (2.00, 3.02) |
| Constant | 2.11 (1.70, 2.62) |
Note. AOR = adjusted odds ratio; BCHC = Big City Health Coalition; CDC = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; CI = confidence interval; LHD = local health department; RHD = regional health department. For unweighted data, n = 23 848; for weighted data, n = 79 423.
a
These are factor variables.23