Table 5.

Influencing factors for distribution of career anchor orientation of GPs

		Sense of service		Managerial competence		Autonomy		Organisational job security		Geographical security		Technical competence		Pure Challenge		Lifestyle integration		Creativity and Entrepreneurship		P value
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Gender	Male	14	3.80	15	4.08	9	2.45	240	65.22	5	1.36	48	13.04	7	1.90	15	4.08	15	4.08	0.003
	Female	28	4.01	19	2.72	7	1.00	524	74.96	11	1.57	82	11.73	4	0.57	12	1.72	12	1.72
Age	<40	27	3.65	21	2.84	14	1.89	544	73.51	10	1.35	88	11.89	2	0.27	17	2.30	17	2.30	0.003
	≥40	15	5.03	10	3.36	1	0.34	200	67.11	6	2.01	38	12.75	9	3.02	9	3.02	10	3.36
Education	Junior college	3	1.99	4	2.65	2	1.32	119	78.81	0	0.00	13	8.61	3	1.99	5	3.31	2	1.32	0.215
	Bachelor’s degree and above	39	4.45	30	3.42	12	1.37	617	70.43	16	1.83	111	12.67	8	0.91	20	2.28	23	2.63
Length of work	<10 years	9	3.80	7	2.95	8	3.38	175	73.84	1	0.42	27	11.39	0	0.00	7	2.95	3	1.27	0.041
	≥10 years	30	3.90	27	3.51	7	0.91	549	71.30	15	1.95	92	11.95	11	1.43	17	2.21	22	2.86
Professional position	Primary	9	3.69	8	3.28	8	3.28	178	72.95	2	0.82	30	12.30	0	0.00	5	2.05	4	1.64	0.110
	Intermediate	27	3.79	23	3.23	7	0.98	521	73.07	13	1.82	77	10.80	7	0.98	18	2.52	20	2.81
	Senior	4	5.48	3	4.11	0	0.00	42	57.53	1	1.37	15	20.55	4	5.48	3	4.11	1	1.37
Workplace	Urban	23	4.23	18	3.31	7	1.29	378	69.49	10	1.84	73	13.42	5	0.92	17	3.13	13	2.39	0.721
	Suburban	19	3.60	16	3.06	9	1.72	386	73.80	6	1.15	57	10.90	6	1.15	10	1.91	14	2.68

χ² was used to compare the data.

GPs, general practitioners.