Table 4.

Score of career anchor for GPs with different characteristics

Item	Subject	No	Sense of service	Managerial competence	Autonomy	Organisational job security	Geographical security	Technical competence	Pure challenge	Lifestyle integration	Creativity and entrepreneurship
Gender	Male	368	3.80±0.64	3.71±0.70	3.46±0.61	4.39±0.66	3.20±0.71	3.89±0.59	3.04±0.57	3.42±0.41	3.24±0.59
	Female	699	3.76±0.61	3.54±0.63	3.43±0.52	4.47±0.60	3.19±0.66	3.84±0.54	2.99±0.48	3.39±0.39	3.11±0.54
	t*		1.014	3.993	0.848	−2.128	0.286	1.339	1.583	1.079	3.584
	P		0.311	<0.001	0.397	0.034	0.775	0.181	0.114	0.281	<0.001
Age	<40	740	3.74±0.60	3.62±0.65	3.48±0.56	4.47±0.57	3.17±0.67	3.85±0.52	3.00±0.49	3.42±0.38	3.15±0.55
	≥40	299	3.87±0.62	3.58±0.69	3.39±0.53	4.42±0.63	3.25±0.69	3.89±0.61	3.05±0.56	3.37±0.41	3.19±0.56
	t*		−2.928	0.741	2.229	1.367	−1.867	−0.939	−1.476	2.065	−0.986
	P		0.003	0.459	0.022	0.172	0.062	0.348	0.14	0.039	0.324
Education	Junior college	151	3.87±0.60	3.44±0.64	3.35±0.53	4.52±0.58	3.22±0.62	3.86±0.54	3.04±0.50	3.40±0.45	3.19±0.57
	Bachelor’s degree and above	876	3.77±0.61	3.63±0.66	3.46±0.55	4.43±0.63	3.19±0.68	3.85±0.56	3.00±0.51	3.40±0.39	3.15±0.56
	t*		1.86	−3.213	−2.238	1.768	0.509	0.004	0.804	−0.154	0.736
	P		0.063	0.001	0.025	0.077	0.611	0.997	0.422	0.878	0.462
Length of work	<10 years	237	3.73±0.59	3.71±0.61	3.49±0.56	4.43±0.66	3.12±0.62	3.84±0.55	2.95±0.50	3.40±0.38	3.19±0.52
	≥10 years	770	3.79±0.61	3.58±0.66	3.43±0.54	4.44±0.61	3.23±0.68	3.86±0.56	3.00±0.51	3.40±0.40	3.15±0.57
	t*		−1.287	2.657	1.577	−0.182	−2.146	−0.318	−1.783	1.736	−0.532
	P		0.199	0.008	0.115	0.855	0.032	0.75	0.075	0.083	0.595
Professional position	Primary	244	3.78±0.61	3.63±0.68	3.50±0.56	4.50±0.57	3.24±0.64	3.89±0.54	3.01±0.52	3.44±0.40	3.18±0.55
	Intermediate	713	3.76±0.62	3.59±0.64	3.42±0.54	4.42±0.65	3.18±0.69	3.82±0.56	3.00±0.50	3.38±0.39	3.14±0.56
	Senior	73	3.90±0.64	3.72±0.80	3.42±0.53	4.41±0.55	3.21±0.65	4.00±0.56	3.09±0.59	3.42±0.42	3.24±0.59
	F†		1.805	1.3	2.07	1.511	0.682	4.451	1.074	2.135	1.261
	P		0.165	0.273	0.127	0.211	0.506	0.012	0.342	0.119	0.284
	Scheffe test							Senior>intermediate‡
Workplace	Urban	544	3.76±0.62	3.62±0.64	3.45±0.53	4.41±0.66	3.20±0.67	3.86±0.58	2.99±0.51	3.40±0.39	3.17±0.54
	Suburban	523	3.79±0.62	3.59±0.68	3.44±0.58	4.48±0.57	3.18±0.68	3.86±0.54	3.02±0.51	3.40±0.40	3.15±0.58
	t*		−0.77	0.756	0.012	−2.017	0.65	0.064	−0.91	0.31	0.667
	P		0.442	0.45	0.991	0.044	0.516	0.949	0.363	0.757	0.505

*Student’s t-test.

†Anova test followed by Scheffe test.

‡p<0.001.

GPs, general practitioners.