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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: Job satisfaction of foreign-national physicians working in patient care: a cross-sectional study in Saxony, Germany

 

Citizenship

German (n = 1701)

Other (n = 192)

p

% (n)

% (n)

 

Women

61.3 (1043)

62.0 (119)

0.858

In relationship

85.2 (1446)

71.9 (138)

<0.001

Has children

54.5 (927)

36.7 (70)

<0.001

Specialist

38.0 (645)

34.4 (66)

0.325

Full-time

83.0 (1411)

93.8 (180)

<0.001

Inpatient setting

82.5 (1377)

92.1 (174)

0.001

Urban setting

77.4 (1261)

69.9 (123)

0.026

Leading position/own practice

15.2 (253)

6.9 (13)

0.002

 

M (SD; 95 % CI)

M (SD; 95 % CI)

 

Age (years)

32.92 (3.95; 32.73–33.11)

32.09 (4.15; 31.50–32.68)

0.006

Work experience (years)

5.51 (3.75; 5.33–5.69)

5.59 (3.90; 5.03–6.14)

0.785

  1. Results of participants with and without German citizenship were compared and p values are shown. Percentages were calculated with the number of answers actually given. M mean, SD standard deviation, CI confidence interval