Understanding job satisfaction and motivation among nurses in public health facilities of Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Personal characteristics of nurses and overall job satisfaction, by socio-demographic and employment characteristics

Characteristic	Distribution of nurses		Percent of nurses who are satisfied with their job
Characteristic	Number	Percent	Percent [95% C.I]	p Pearson Chi-square
Total	424	100	60.8 [56.0,65.5]
Sex
Male	200	47.2	55.5 [48.3,62.5]	0.040
Female	224	52.8	65.6 [59.0,71.8]	0.040
Age
< 25 years	123	29.0	65.0 [55.8,73.2]	0.048
25 to 29 years	186	43.9	53.8 [45.6,61.7]
≥ 30 years	115	27.1	67.8 [56.7,77.3]
Educational qualification
BSc	57	13.4	56.1 [42.4,69.2]	0.411
Diploma/TVET	367	86.6	61.6 [49.3,70.1]	0.411
Years of service in public health sector
< 5 years	262	61.8	63.7 [57.6,69.6]	0.007
5 to < 10 years	101	23.8	48.5 [38.4,58.7]
10 years or more	61	14.4	68.8 [55.7,80.1]
Type of facility
Hospital	34	8.1	61.8 [43.6,77.8]	0.910
Health center	390	91.9	60.8 [55.7,65.6]
Region
Tigray	35	8.3	88.6 [73.3,96.8]	< 0.001
Amhara	116	27.4	75.0 [66.1,82.6]
Oromia	145	34.2	42.8 [34.6,51.2]
SNNP	88	20.6	62.5 [51.5,72.6]
City administrations/urban ^a	14	3.4	60.0 [53.3,64.0]
Developing regions ^b	26	6.1	42.7 [34.0,49.7]

Note: ^a includes Addis Ababa, Dire Dawa, Harari; ^b includes Afar, Somali, Gambela, Benshangul-Gumuz regions

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