Table 1

Analysis of work stress and work motivation by socioeconomic and demographic status for respondents

	N	Per cent	Work stress					Work motivation
	N	Per cent	Work task and role	Career development	Wages and benefits	Workplace relationships	Organisational structure and climate	Recognition	Career development	Responsibility	Financial
Occupation
General practitioner	335	36.0	3.53	3.17	3.78	2.90	3.14	3.61	4.20	3.44	4.15
Public health physician	178	19.1	3.20	2.89	3.70	2.63	2.96	3.57	4.11	3.67	4.06
Nurse	267	28.8	3.24	2.95	3.54	2.76	2.78	3.53	4.05	3.39	4.01
Other	150	16.1	3.09	2.79	3.45	2.65	2.84	3.59	4.11	3.40	4.03
F			6.91**	4.97**	3.45**	3.05**	6.25**	0.66	2.31*	1.96	0.99
Sex
Male	236	25.4	3.44	3.10	3.77	2.88	3.12	3.71	4.18	3.50	4.19
Female	694	74.6	3.27	2.93	3.56	2.72	2.85	3.56	4.12	3.43	4.03
F			2.50*	2.27*	2.60*	2.51*	4.09*	2.36*	1.23	1.04	2.39*
Educational background
High school or below	110	11.8	3.18	2.90	3.36	2.81	2.72	3.57	4.13	3.42	4.05
Junior college	446	48.0	3.28	2.94	3.61	2.74	2.86	3.57	4.14	3.49	4.02
College and above	374	40.2	3.36	3.00	3.65	2.73	3.16	3.60	4.11	3.39	4.11
F			2.30	0.66	4.21*	0.45	4.02*	0.13	0.24	1.53	1.33
Age in years
<25	78	8.4	3.08	2.81	3.45	2.60	2.77	3.80	4.23	3.60	3.92
25–34	258	27.7	3.21	2.94	3.63	2.72	2.91	3.65	4.11	3.48	4.17
35–44	329	35.4	3.36	2.98	3.55	2.78	2.88	3.52	4.13	3.35	4.03
45–54	234	25.2	3.43	3.02	3.69	2.79	2.94	3.53	4.13	3.51	4.04
≥55	31	3.3	3.12	2.88	3.54	2.71	2.93	3.48	3.98	3.28	3.91
F			4.71**	1.01	1.36	1.12	0.83	2.89*	1.83	2.86*	2.39
Title
Senior title	42	4.5	3.12	3.11	3.38	2.69	2.73	3.37	3.97	3.55	3.96
Vice-senior title	131	14.1	3.32	2.92	3.65	2.63	2.93	3.46	4.05	3.25	4.03
Middle title	399	42.9	3.43	3.03	3.69	2.85	2.94	3.56	4.16	3.44	4.06
Primary title	299	32.2	3.20	2.93	3.54	2.72	2.87	3.62	4.12	3.49	4.08
No title	59	6.3	3.23	2.86	3.48	2.58	2.89	3.73	4.16	3.49	4.04
F			3.96**	1.07	1.71	3.04*	0.59	1.73	0.98	2.13	0.16
Monthly income (CNY)
<2000	361	38.9	3.24	2.95	3.69	2.76	2.90	3.61	4.15	3.49	4.09
2000–2999	386	41.5	3.32	2.96	3.61	2.75	2.88	3.59	4.13	3.40	4.06
3000–3999	139	14.9	3.43	2.97	3.44	2.68	2.96	3.52	4.02	3.43	3.97
≥4000	44	4.7	3.39	3.03	3.21	2.93	2.78	3.44	4.27	3.53	4.28
F			2.11	0.99	3.14*	2.11	0.99	0.54	1.87	0.86	1.36
Working hours (per week)
<40	110	11.8	3.27	2.82	3.52	2.82	2.94	2.96	4.14	3.56	3.91
40–47	509	54.7	3.26	2.73	3.59	2.73	2.95	2.87	4.10	3.42	4.06
48–55	250	26.9	3.36	2.71	3.62	2.71	2.93	2.89	4.19	3.46	4.12
≥56	61	6.6	3.52	2.93	3.75	2.93	3.36	3.13	4.16	3.43	4.14
F			0.06	0.20	0.48	0.20	0.01*	0.11	0.39	0.44	0.13

*p<0.05, **p<0.01.