Table 3.
Associations with professional life and work-life balance Satisfaction
| Satisfaction with professional life | Satisfaction with work-life balance | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % satisfied | % dissatisfied | p-value | % satisfied | % dissatisfied | p-value | |
| Gender | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
| Male | 56.6 | 53.6 | 56.9 | 54.9 | ||
| Female | 43.4 | 46.4 | 43.1 | 45.1 | ||
| Age group | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
| < 35 | 11.2 | 9.6 | 11.9 | 9.7 | ||
| 35–44 | 20.5 | 24.8 | 19.1 | 24.2 | ||
| 45–54 | 25.6 | 31.4 | 23.6 | 30.5 | ||
| 55–64 | 28.5 | 27.4 | 29.3 | 27.1 | ||
| 65+ | 14.2 | 6.8 | 16.2 | 8.5 | ||
| Provincea | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
| Atlantic provinces | 7.7 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 7.8 | ||
| QC | 27.6 | 16.9 | 26.6 | 23.7 | ||
| ON | 34.0 | 38.1 | 34.6 | 35.3 | ||
| MB + SK | 5.8 | 7.4 | 5.4 | 7.1 | ||
| AB | 10.5 | 13.1 | 11.0 | 11.2 | ||
| BC | 14.3 | 16.0 | 14.5 | 14.9 | ||
| Number of years licensed to practice medicine | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
| < 4 yrs | 14.7 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 15.0 | ||
| 5–9 yrs | 12.3 | 14.4 | 11.3 | 14.3 | ||
| 10–14 yrs | 10.0 | 12.4 | 9.6 | 11.5 | ||
| 15-19 yrs | 8.3 | 10.7 | 8.4 | 9.3 | ||
| 20+ yrs | 54.8 | 48.3 | 56.5 | 49.9 | ||
| Practice type | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
| Family medicine only | 33.8 | 46.8 | 34.8 | 38.8 | ||
| “Focused” practice | 66.2 | 53.2 | 65.2 | 61.2 | ||
| Teaching involvement | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
| Teaches | 70.5 | 60.8 | 67.0 | 69.9 | ||
| Does not teach | 29.5 | 39.2 | 33.0 | 30.1 | ||
| Primary practice population | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
| Inner city | 12.3 | 12.8 | 13.1 | 11.7 | ||
| Urban/suburban | 55.3 | 57.5 | 56.8 | 54.8 | ||
| Small town | 16.7 | 12.8 | 15.4 | 16.2 | ||
| Rural/remote | 15.7 | 16.9 | 14.8 | 17.3 | ||
| Method of Payment | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
| > 90% Fee for service | 34.6 | 40.4 | 36.2 | 35.7 | ||
| > 90% Other | 18.5 | 19.2 | 21.1 | 15.7 | ||
| > 90% Blended model | 46.9 | 40.4 | 42.6 | 48.6 | ||
| Provides On-Call service | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
| Yes | 65.6 | 60.7 | 59.1 | 70.4 | ||
| No | 34.4 | 39.3 | 40.9 | 29.6 | ||
| Use electronic records | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
| Yes | 64.8 | 67.5 | 62.6 | 68.5 | ||
| No | 35.2 | 32.5 | 37.4 | 31.5 | ||
| Total hours worked per week | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
| < 20 h | 4.2 | 3.7 | 6.4 | 1.6 | ||
| 20-40 h | 23.1 | 22.7 | 30.5 | 14.7 | ||
| 40–60 h | 48.9 | 43.1 | 45.4 | 50.2 | ||
| 60–80 h | 15.7 | 19.8 | 12.1 | 21.8 | ||
| 80–100 h | 4.9 | 7.5 | 3.5 | 7.7 | ||
| 100–120 h | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 3.7 | ||
| > 120 h | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | ||
| Satisfaction with remuneration model | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
| Satisfied | 65.8 | 31.5 | 72.4 | 42.3 | ||
| Dissatisfied | 34.2 | 68.5 | 27.6 | 57.7 | ||
aAtlantic provinces = Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, QC Quebec, ON Ontario, MB Manitoba, SK Saskatchewan, AB Alberta, BC British Columbia