Table 3.
Characteristics of respondents by region.
| Characteristics | Number (%) of Respondents | χ2 | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern | Central | Western | |||
| Gender | |||||
| Men | 278(49.9) | 348(58.7) | 302(52.2) | 9.695 | 0.008 |
| Women | 279(50.1) | 245(41.3) | 277(47.8) | ||
| Age (years) | |||||
| <30 | 124(22.3) | 153(25.8) | 209(36.1) | 33.196 | <0.001 |
| 30–45 | 327(58.7) | 315(53.1) | 287(49.6) | ||
| >45 | 106(19.0) | 125(21.1) | 83(14.3) | ||
| Marital status | |||||
| Married | 430(77.2) | 442(74.5) | 414(71.5) | 4.846 | 0.089 |
| Not married | 127(22.8) | 151(25.5) | 165(28.5) | ||
| Qualification | |||||
| Associate degree | 11 (2.0) | 17(2.9) | 5(0.9) | 309.253 | <0.001 |
| Bachelor degree | 123(22.1) | 291(49.1) | 399(68.9) | ||
| Master degree | 358(64.3) | 277(46.7) | 171(29.5) | ||
| Doctor degree | 65(11.7) | 8(1.3) | 4(0.7) | ||
| Professional title * | |||||
| No professional title | 60(10.8) | 46(7.8) | 61(10.5) | 33.562 | <0.001 |
| Junior | 161(28.9) | 226(38.1) | 255(44.0) | ||
| Middle | 208(37.3) | 191(32.2) | 160(27.6) | ||
| Senior | 128(23.0) | 130(21.9) | 103(17.8) | ||
| Monthly salary (yuan) | |||||
| <5000 | 220(39.5) | 292(49.2) | 244(42.1) | 40.770 | <0.001 |
| 5000–8000 | 226(40.6) | 201(33.9) | 278(48.0) | ||
| >8000 | 111(19.9) | 100(16.9) | 57(9.8) | ||
| Years of work experience | |||||
| <5 | 196(35.2) | 220(37.1) | 220(38.0) | 3.850 | 0.427 |
| 5–10 | 205(36.8) | 196(33.1) | 182(31.4) | ||
| >10 | 156(28.0) | 177(29.8) | 177(30.6) | ||
| Children | |||||
| no | 176(31.6) | 186(31.4) | 241(41.6) | 19.789 | 0.001 |
| 1 | 305(54.8) | 309(52.1) | 268(46.3) | ||
| 2 or more | 76(13.6) | 98(16.5) | 70(12.1) | ||
Note*: China has established a hierarchical career structure for medical doctors. A professional title is given to a practitioner considering her/his tertiary qualification, work experience, and research achievements. However, not all practicing doctors are given a professional title. Assistant doctors were not included in this study because very few existed in tertiary hospitals.