Table 2.

Prevalence of turnover intention among PHWs in China

Variables	Characteristic	Included studies	Prevalence (95% CI)	Q test (I2) (%)
Overall		16	0.304 (0.240 to 0.367)	99.5
By region	East	5	0.376 (0.231 to 0.521)	99.3
	Central	4	0.319 (0.239 to 0.399)	97.6
	West	4	0.232 (0.119 to 0.345)	98.8
By research site	Work in village	3	0.395 (0.321 to 0.470)	96.3
	Work in township	5	0.234 (0.144 to 0.342)	98.4
	Work in community	4	0.412 (0.274 to 0.551)	98.7
By sample size	<1037	8	0.355 (0.232 to 0.478)	99.7
	≥1037	8	0.255 (0.174 to 0.337)	98.8

PHWs, primary health workers.