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. 2021 Jul 6;14:2831–2839. doi: 10.2147/RMHP.S321314

Table 3.

Associated Factors of Satisfaction

Factor Pay Promotion Supervision Fringe Benefits Contingent Rewards Operating Conditions Coworkers Nature of Work Communication Overall Satisfaction
Age category (year) ** * ** *
 <30 44 (54.3) 42 (51.9) 61 (75.3) 22 (27.2) 26 (32.1) 7 (8.6) 66 (81.5) 59 (72.8) 61 (75.3) 39 (48.1)
 30–39 84 (48.0) 76 (43.4) 135 (77.1) 54 (30.9) 39 (22.3) 18 (10.3) 146 (83.4) 130 (74.3) 120 (68.6) 77 (44.0)
 40–49 34 (77.3) 26 (59.1) 37 (84.1) 21 (47.7) 14 (31.8) 9 (20.5) 38 (86.4) 37 (84.1) 36 (81.8) 29 (65.9)
 50+ 14 (73.7) 11 (57.9) 16 (84.2) 8 (42.1) 10 (52.6) 2 (10.5) 16 (84.2) 18 (94.7) 19 (100) 14 (73.7)
Sex * * * *
 Male 107 (59.1) 98 (54.1) 140 (77.3) 68 (37.6) 56 (30.9) 22 (12.2) 159 (87.8) 140 (77.3) 133 (73.5) 100 (55.2)
 Female 69 (50.0) 57 (41.3) 109 (79.0) 37 (26.8) 33 (23.9) 14 (10.1) 107 (77.5) 104 (75.4) 103 (74.6) 59 (42.8)
Currently married *
 Yes 130 (56.3) 112 (48.5) 186 (80.5) 80 (34.6) 68 (29.4) 29 (12.6) 196 (84.8) 181 (78.4) 176 (76.2) 123 (53.2)
 No 46 (52.3) 43 (48.9) 63 (71.6) 25 (28.4) 21 (23.9) 7 (8.0) 70 (79.5) 63 (71.6) 60 (68.2) 36 (40.9)
Education level **
 Intermediate vocational training 114 (56.7) 99 (49.3) 164 (81.6) 65 (32.3) 56 (27.9) 23 (11.4) 170 (84.6) 154 (76.6) 156 (77.6) 106 (52.7)
 College 30 (50.0) 25 (41.7) 48 (80.0) 21 (35.0) 16 (26.7) 7 (11.7) 53 (88.3) 42 (70.0) 43 (71.7) 26 (43.3)
 Undergraduate 32 (55.2) 31 (53.4) 37 (63.8) 19 (32.8) 17 (29.3) 6 (10.3) 43 (74.1) 48 (82.8) 37 (63.8) 27 (46.6)
Specialty
 Nurse 69 (54.3) 62 (48.8) 100 (78.7) 43 (33.9) 32 (25.2) 12 (9.4) 111 (87.4) 91 (71.7) 92 (72.4) 58 (45.7)
 Doctor assistant 78 (58.6) 65 (48.9) 108 (81.2) 45 (33.8) 37 (27.8) 18 (13.5) 111 (83.5) 107 (80.5) 103 (77.4) 77 (57.9)
 Physician 6 (50.0) 8 (66.7) 6 (50.0) 3 (25.0) 3 (25.0) 0 (0) 8 (66.7) 9 (75.0) 8 (66.7) 5 (41.7)
 Others 23 (48.9) 20 (42.6) 35 (74.5) 14 (29.8) 17 (36.2) 6 (12.8) 36 (76.6) 37 (78.7) 33 (70.2) 19 (40.4)
Occupation type
 Long-term/fulltime 164 (56.0) 142 (48.5) 229 (78.2) 98 (33.4) 80 (27.3) 32 (10.9) 244 (83.3) 225 (76.8) 215 (73.4) 148 (50.5)
 Short-term/Part-time 12 (46.2) 13 (50.0) 20 (76.9) 7 (26.9) 9 (34.6) 4 (15.4) 22 (84.6) 19 (73.1) 21 (80.8) 11 (42.3)
Working experience category (year)
 <5 55 (50.5) 53 (48.6) 83 (76.1) 33 (30.3) 37 (33.9) 13 (11.9) 89 (81.7) 80 (73.4) 79 (72.5) 52 (47.7)
 5–9 62 (52.5) 57 (48.3) 89 (75.4) 38 (32.2) 24 (20.3) 10 (8.5) 96 (81.4) 88 (74.6) 86 (72.9) 53 (44.9)
 10–14 42 (60.0) 33 (47.1) 58 (82.9) 24 (34.3) 20 (28.6) 10 (14.3) 61 (87.1) 57 (81.4) 51 (72.9) 38 (54.3)
 15+ 17 (77.3) 12 (54.5) 19 (86.4) 10 (45.5) 8 (36.4) 3 (13.6) 20 (90.9) 19 (86.4) 20 (90.9) 16 (72.7)
Number of concurrent roles ***
 0 8 (53.3) 10 (66.7) 12 (80.0) 6 (40.0) 6 (40.0) 6 (40.0) 13 (86.7) 13 (86.7) 9 (60.0) 9 (60.0)
 1 33 (55.9) 31 (52.5) 49 (83.1) 24 (40.7) 21 (35.6) 9 (15.3) 51 (86.4) 45 (76.3) 46 (78.0) 34 (57.6)
 2 52 (55.3) 37 (39.4) 71 (75.5) 25 (26.6) 24 (25.5) 14 (14.9) 75 (79.8) 71 (75.5) 69 (73.4) 40 (42.6)
 3+ 83 (55.0) 77 (51.0) 117 (77.5) 50 (33.1) 38 (25.2) 7 (4.6) 127 (84.1) 115 (76.2) 112 (74.2) 76 (50.3)
Work as main income source in the family * *
 Yes 119 (52.7) 104 (46.0) 173 (76.5) 69 (30.5) 54 (23.9) 22 (9.7) 182 (80.5) 172 (76.1) 164 (72.6) 108 (47.8)
 No 57 (61.3) 51 (54.8) 76 (81.7) 36 (38.7) 35 (37.6) 14 (15.1) 84 (90.3) 72 (77.4) 72 (77.4) 51 (54.8)
Income (million Vietnamese Dong) *** ** *
 7+ 51 (75.0) 38 (55.9) 57 (83.8) 34 (50.0) 26 (38.2) 9 (13.2) 55 (80.9) 58 (85.3) 52 (76.5) 42 (61.8)
 <7 125 (49.8) 117 (46.6) 192 (76.5) 71 (28.3) 63 (25.1) 27 (10.8) 211 (84.1) 186 (74.1) 184 (73.3) 117 (46.6)
Number of hours working a week * *
 ≤40 26 (48.1) 24 (44.4) 37 (68.5) 16 (29.6) 15 (27.8) 9 (16.7) 43 (79.6) 36 (66.7) 36 (66.7) 22 (40.7)
 41–55 102 (56.7) 86 (47.8) 145 (80.6) 62 (34.4) 49 (27.2) 24 (13.3) 153 (85.0) 147 (81.7) 134 (74.4) 91 (50.6)
 56+ 48 (56.5) 45 (52.9) 67 (78.8) 27 (31.8) 25 (29.4) 3 (3.5) 70 (82.4) 61 (71.8) 66 (77.6) 46 (54.1)

Notes: Data are presented in frequency (percentage). Figures in bold indicate statistical significance. P-value: *** < 0.001 < ** < 0.01 < * < 0.05.