Table 3.
General Linear Modelling on estimated means, controlled for gender and age, of the ten JSS items (each scored from 1 to 7) among doctors in different type of work in the longitudinal subsample in 2010 and 2016–2017
| General practitioners | Specialists in private practice | Doctors in hospital | ||||
| means (95 % CI) | means (95 % CI) | means (95 % CI) | ||||
| Satisfied with …. | 2010 (n=94) |
2016-2017 (n=94) |
2010 (n=22) |
2016-2017 (n=22) |
2010 (n=233) |
2016-2017 (n=233) |
| Amount of responsibility given | 5.35 (5.09 to 5.61) | 4.87 (4.57 to 5.18) | 5.35 (5.20 to 5.50) | 5.21 (5.03 to 5.39) | 5.96 (5.55 to 6.36) | 5.82 (5.18 to 6.46) |
| Variation in work | 5.84 (5.61 to 6.07) | 5.92 (5.73 to 6.10) | 5.41 (5.27 to 5.55) | 5.44 (5.29 to 5.59) | 5.05 (4.91 to 5.48) | 5.27 (4.72 to 5.83) |
| Colleagues and fellow workers | 5.95 (5.74 to 6.16) | 5.87 (5.67 to 6.08) | 5.63 (5.50 to 5.77) | 5.58 (5.54 to 5.82) | 5.73 (5.32 to 6.13) | 5.68 (4.99 to 6.37) |
| Physical working conditions | 5.68 (5.46 to 5.90) | 5.70 (5.48 to 5.93) | 4.75 (4.58 to 4.92) | 4.90 (4.73 to 5.06) | 5.86 (5.38 to 6.35) | 5.91 (5.35 to 6.47) |
| Opportunities to use abilities | 5.87 (5.65 to 6.10) | 6.03 (5.85 to 6.21) | 5.52 (5.38 to 5.65) | 5.56 (5.40 to 5.71) | 5.77 (5.42 to 6.12) | 6.14 (5.53 to 6.74) |
| Overall job satisfaction | 5.95 (5.77 to 6.13) | 5.70 (5.51 to 5.90) | 6.05 (5.70 to 6.40) | 5.96 (5.35 to 6.56) | 5.54 (5.42 to 5.66) | 5.44 (5.30 to 5.58) |
| Freedom to choose method of work | 5.75 (5.55 to 5.95) | 5.48 (5.27 to 5.69) | 6.05 (5.63 to 6.46) | 5.91 (5.30 to 6.52) | 4.98 (4.82 to 5.14) | 4.96 (4.80 to 5.13) |
| Recognition for good work | 5.40 (5.16 to 5.65) | 5.15 (4.89 to 5.41) | 5.50 (5.09 to 5.92) | 5.77 (5.20 to 6.34) | 4.91 (4.74 to 5.09) | 4.79 (4.61 to 4.98) |
| Rate of pay | 5.47 (5.24 to 5.70) | 5.16 (4.90 to 5.42) | 5.91 (5.52 to 6.30) | 6.00 (5.44 to 6.56) | 4.97 (4.79 to 5.14) | 4.90 (4.74 to 5.06) |
| Work hours | 4.49 (4.19 to 4.79) | 3.92 (3.59 to 4.24) | 5.46 (4.89 to 6.02) | 5.63 (5.04 to 6.24) | 4.52 (4.34 to 4.70) | 4.48 (4.30 to 4.76) |
| JSS | 5.58 (5.42 to 5.73) | 5.38 (5.23 to 5.53) | 5.73 (5.52 to 5.95) | 5.81 (5.32 to 6.30) | 5.16 (5.06 to 5.26) | 5.14 (5.03 to 5.25) |
Statistically significant differences (95% CI do not overlap) are in bold.
JSS, mean sum score of Job Satisfaction Scale.