Categorical and continuous demographic characteristics of physicians relative to intention to leave
| Physicians’ demographics | Total | Intention to leave n (%) | P value | ||
| Yes | No | ||||
| Gender | Female | 119 (49.8) | 74 (43.3) | 45 (66.2) | 0.001* |
| Male | 120 (50.2) | 97 (56.7) | 23 (33.8) | ||
| Family status | Live alone | 42 (18.2) | 32 (19.2) | 10 (15.6) | 0.533* |
| I do not live alone | 189 (81.8) | 135 (80.8) | 54 (84.4) | ||
| Children | Yes | 192 (82.1) | 132 (79.0) | 60 (89.6) | 0.058* |
| No | 42 (17.9) | 35 (21.0) | 7 (10.4) | ||
| Workplace | Public hospitals | 174 (72.8) | 134 (78.4) | 40 (58.8) | 0.002* |
| Health centres | 65 (27.2) | 37 (21.6) | 28 (41.2) | ||
| Job position | Internal medicine | 196 (82.0) | 131 (76.6) | 65 (95.6) | <0.001* |
| Surgical | 43 (18.0) | 40 (23.4) | 3 (4.4) | ||
| Master’s degree | Yes | 115 (50.9) | 92 (57.9) | 23 (34.3) | 0.001* |
| No | 111 (49.1) | 67 (42.1) | 44 (65.7) | ||
| PhD | Yes | 48 (21.3) | 35 (22.2) | 13 (19.4) | 0.645* |
| No | 177 (78.7) | 123 (77.8) | 54 (80.6) | ||
| Tenure | Yes | 133 (57.3) | 86 (52.4) | 47 (69.1) | 0.019* |
| No | 99 (42.7) | 78 (47.6) | 21 (30.9) | ||
| Contract | Yes | 100 (42.9) | 78 (47.3) | 22 (32.4) | 0.036* |
| No | 133 (57.1) | 87 (52.7) | 46 (67.6) | ||
| n | Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) | ||
| Age | 239 | 47.9 (9.2) | 171 | 46.1 (8.8) | 68 | 52.6 (8.5) | <0.001† |
| Years of experience in public health sector | 224 | 12.9 (8.6) | 158 | 11.4 (7.8) | 66 | 16.3 (9.5) | <0.001† |
| Years of experience in private sector | 199 | 4.2 (5.7) | 140 | 3.5 (4.9) | 59 | 5.9 (7) | 0.064† |
*T-test.
†Mann-Whitney test.