Table 1 Demographic profile of participants
From: Job satisfaction and its associated factors among optometrists in Ghana: a cross-sectional study
Characteristic | n (%) |
|---|---|
Age (years) | Â |
 ≤ 30 | 74 (34.6) |
 31–45 | 130 (60.7) |
 46–60 | 10 (4.7) |
Sex | Â |
 Male | 149 (69.6) |
 Female | 65 (30.4) |
Highest Educational level | Â |
 Post-graduate Diploma (optometry) | 2 (0.9) |
 Doctor of Optometry | 175 (81.8) |
 Fellowship | 2 (0.9) |
 Masters | 28 (13.1) |
 Doctor of Philosophy | 7 (3.3) |
Marital Status | Â |
 Single | 85 (39.7) |
 Married | 122 (57.0) |
 Divorced | 7 (3.3) |
Number of children | Â |
 0 | 106 (49.5) |
 ≥ 1 | 108 (50.5) |
Region of workplace | Â |
 Greater Accra | 84 (39.3) |
 Western | 10 (4.7) |
 Central | 21 (9.8) |
 Eastern | 14 (6.5) |
 Ashanti | 59 (27.6) |
 Brong Ahafo | 10 (4.7) |
 Volta | 8 (3.7) |
 Northern | 5 (2.3) |
 Upper East | 2 (0.9) |
 Upper West | 1 (0.5) |
Location of workplace | Â |
 Urban | 174 (81.3) |
 Rural | 40 (18.7) |
Practice Setting | Â |
 Government | 62 (29.0) |
 CHAG/NGO | 42 (19.6) |
 Private | 96 (44.9) |
 Academic | 11 (5.1) |
 Others | 3 (1.4) |
Working hours per week | Â |
 0–40 | 151 (70.6) |
 ≥ 41 | 63 (29.4) |
Work experience (years) | Â |
 0–5 | 82 (38.3) |
 6–10 | 109 (50.9) |
 ≥ 11 | 23 (10.7) |
Good work-life balance | Â |
 Yes | 169 (79.0) |
 No | 45 (21.0) |
First job appointment | Â |
 Yes | 88 (41.1) |
 No | 126 (58.9) |
Duration before first job appointment | Â |
 Within 3 months | 150 (70.1) |
 3–6 months | 17 (7.9) |
 6–12 months | 25 (11.7) |
 > 1 year | 22 (10.3) |
*Routine task areas | Â |
Clinical examination, management, referral | 205 (95.8) |
 Refraction | 142 (98.6) |
 Optical dispensing | 211 (66.4) |
 Contact lens fitting | 63 (29.4) |
 Low vision care | 51 (23.8) |
 Community outreaches | 161 (75.2) |
 Research activities | 49 (22.9) |
 Diagnostic unit | 80 (37.4) |
*Reason for choosing optometry | Â |
 Only study opportunity after school | 11 (3.0) |
 Parental/family influence | 8 (2.2) |
 Very interest in health and eyecare | 167 (45.9) |
 Provide voluntary assistance to the needy and NGOs | 48 (13.2) |
 To earn good income | 69 (19.0) |
 I believe I can become an eye doctor | 47 (12.9) |
 Did not know what else to do after school | 8 (2.2) |
 Other | 6 (1.6) |
Ownership/Partnership with an established private practice | Â |
 Yes | 55 (25.7) |
 No | 159 (74.3) |
Opportunity to choose another career when given a choice | Â |
 Yes | 81 (37.9) |
 No | 133 (62.1) |