Table 3 Effects of respondent characteristics on burnout and general job satisfaction in a sample of 4520 psychiatrists in China

Gender

Female

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–

–

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–

–

Male

1.20 (1.05–1.37)**

–

–

0.66 (0.58–0.76)***

–

–

 Eastern China

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 Central China

0.98 (0.82–1.17)

0.88 (0.67–1.16)

1.07 (0.84–1.35)

0.99 (0.83–1.19)

1.01 (0.77–1.32)

0.97 (0.76–1.24)

 Western China

0.92 (0.77–1.10)

0.99 (0.75–1.31)

0.89 (0.71–1.12)

0.98 (0.82–1.17)

1.02 (0.77–1.34)

0.93 (0.73–1.18)

 Northeast China

0.83 (0.67–1.04)

0.93 (0.67–1.3)

0.74 (0.55–1.00)

1.29 (1.03–1.61)*

1.45 (1.05–2.01)*

1.14 (0.85–1.55)

  ≤ 29

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 30–39

1.09 (0.83–1.42)

1.00 (0.63–1.61)

1.14 (0.82–1.58)

0.89 (0.67–1.17)

1.00 (0.63–1.61)

0.82 (0.58–1.15)

 40–49

1.07 (0.75–1.51)

1.02 (0.57–1.81)

1.10 (0.70–1.72)

0.78 (0.54–1.11)

1.00 (0.57–1.77)

0.62 (0.39–0.99)*

  ≥ 50

0.76 (0.49–1.18)

0.62 (0.32–1.22)

0.94 (0.51–1.72)

0.92 (0.59–1.43)

1.17 (0.60–2.27)

0.76 (0.41–1.42)

 Married

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 Single

1.19 (0.96–1.47)

1.16 (0.81–1.66)

1.23 (0.95–1.59)

0.88 (0.71–1.10)

0.91 (0.63–1.30)

0.87 (0.67–1.14)

 Other

1.28 (0.91–1.79)

1.15 (0.66–2.01)

1.36 (0.89–2.08)

0.75 (0.54–1.05)

0.73 (0.43–1.26)

0.76 (0.49–1.17)

 Associate degree or less

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 Bachelor’s degree

0.97 (0.63–1.47)

0.98 (0.57–1.71)

0.98 (0.51–1.91)

0.75 (0.50–1.14)

0.95 (0.56–1.61)

0.55 (0.28–1.10)

 Master’s degree

1.01 (0.64–1.58)

1.05 (0.57–1.93)

1.00 (0.50–2.00)

0.73 (0.47–1.13)

0.93 (0.52–1.68)

0.53 (0.26–1.08)

 Doctorate degree

0.73 (0.43–1.22)

0.75 (0.36–1.56)

0.72 (0.33–1.56)

0.87 (0.52–1.46)

1.08 (0.53–2.19)

0.65 (0.29–1.46)

  ≤ 5

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 6–10

1.14 (0.90–1.45)

1.45 (0.98–2.15)

1.00 (0.74–1.34)

0.77 (0.60–0.98)*

0.68 (0.46–1.01)

0.85 (0.62–1.16)

 11–20

1.42 (1.10–1.84)**

1.59 (1.06–2.39)*

1.34 (0.96–1.86)

0.56 (0.43–0.73)***

0.54 (0.36–0.82)**

0.59 (0.42–0.83)**

  ≥ 21

1.17 (0.81–1.70)

1.56 (0.89–2.74)

0.94 (0.57–1.55)

0.58 (0.40–0.85)**

0.53 (0.30–0.92)*

0.66 (0.40–1.11)

 Yes

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 No

1.60 (1.32–1.95)***

1.75 (1.34–2.3)***

1.42 (1.07–1.88)*

0.54 (0.44–0.65)***

0.58 (0.44–0.75)***

0.49 (0.37–0.67)***

  < 5000

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 5000–7999

0.90 (0.74–1.09)

1.02 (0.75–1.39)

0.81 (0.63–1.04)

1.06 (0.87–1.29)

0.94 (0.69–1.27)

1.14 (0.88–1.48)

 8000–11,999

0.88 (0.71–1.10)

0.86 (0.61–1.22)

0.89 (0.67–1.18)

1.50 (1.20–1.87)***

1.51 (1.07–2.13)*

1.47 (1.10–1.97)**

  ≥ 12,000

0.77 (0.58–1.03)

0.75 (0.49–1.16)

0.79 (0.54–1.14)

1.92 (1.44–2.56)***

1.59 (1.04–2.43)*

2.32 (1.57–3.45)***

  ≤ 40

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 41–50

1.47 (1.08–2.01)

1.35(0.86–2.12)

1.57 (1.01–2.43)*

0.87 (0.65–1.16)

1.01 (0.67–1.52)

0.72 (0.47–1.10)

 51–60

2.39 (1.71–3.34)***

2.23(1.37–3.63)**

2.56 (1.61–4.06)***

0.70 (0.51–0.96)*

0.82 (0.52–1.29)

0.58 (0.37–0.92)*

  ≥ 61

3.09 (2.25–4.25)***

2.97(1.87–4.71)***

3.22 (2.07–5.03)***

0.60 (0.44–0.81)***

0.72 (0.47–1.1)

0.49 (0.31–0.75)**