Table 1.

Descriptive data for the primary care doctors who participated in this study (n = 433)

Socio-demographic and work-related factors	Groups	Number of doctors	Turnover intention	p value
		n (%)	($\overline{\mathit{x}}\mathit{\pm }\mathit{\delta }$)
Doctor’s position level	Township level	345(79.7)	14.64 ± 3.43	< 0.0001
	Village level	88(20.3)	12.61 ± 4.17
Location areas	Metropolitan area	101(23.3)	12.54 ± 3.31	< 0.0001
	Newly developed urban area	106(24.5)	14.67 ± 3.46
	Ecological conservation area	121(27.9)	14.14 ± 3.72
	Environmental protection area	105(24.3)	15.50 ± 3.62
Medical practice type	Traditional Chinese medicine	59(13.4)	13.42 ± 3.82	0.0498
	Western medicine	196(45.3)	14.65 ± 3.56
	Integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine	178(41.1)	14.02 ± 3.72
Gender	Male	296(68.4)	14.34 ± 3.84	0.3548
	Female	137(31.6)	13.99 ± 3.32
Age	< 30	54(12.5)	14.17 ± 3.32	0.0025
	30-39	145(33.5)	15.06 ± 3.49
	>=40	234(54.0)	13.72 ± 3.80
Education	Bachelor’s degree or higher	98(22.6)	14.69 ± 3.36	0.0009
	College degree	202(46.7)	14.65 ± 3.62
	High school graduation (secondary technical school) or below	133(30.7)	13.24 ± 3.84
Job title	None	61(14.1)	13.13 ± 4.06	0.0177
	Entry level	255(58.9)	14.23 ± 3.84
	Middle level or above	117(27.0)	14.78 ± 2.96
Years of working	< 10	84(19.4)	14.24 ± 3.43	0.0139
	10-19	159(36.8)	14.84 ± 3.47
	>=20	189(43.8)	13.68 ± 3.89
Annual income	< 20 000	66(15.3)	14.26 ± 4.12	0.9854
	20 000-39 999	276(63.9)	14.22 ± 3.66
	>=40 000	90(20.8)	14.30 ± 3.33
Working time per week	< 50	164(37.9)	13.37 ± 3.47	0.0001
	>= 50	269(62.1)	14.75 ± 3.71
Number of patients per week	< 50	214(49.4)	14.07 ± 3.85	0.3692
	>=50	219(50.6)	14.38 ± 3.51
Training during the last 3 years	Yes	320(73.9)	14.08 ± 3.75	0.1502
	No	113(26.1)	14.65 ± 3.45

Note: figures in italics mean p < 0.05, indicating that the results of one-way ANOVA showed statistical significance