Job satisfaction and its associated factors among optometrists in Ghana: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Bivariate and multivariate linear regression analyses of factors associated with overall job satisfaction using rasch logit scores

Characteristic	Overall job satisfaction
	Simple regression			Multiple regression
	Unstandardized co-ef (β)	S.E	p value	Unstandardized co-ef (β)	S.E	p value
Age (years)	0.007	0.009	0.449
Sex: male versus female	0.188	0.126	0.158
Marital status
Single	Ref
Married	0.023	0.117	1.000
Divorced	− 0.061	0.326	1.000
Number of children	0.088	0.045	0.052
Location of work place
Urban versus Rural	0.395	0.143	0.006	− 0.058	0.091	0.530
Practice Setting				0.058	0.042	0.166
Government	Ref
CHAG/NGO	− 0.369	0.158	0.204
Private	− 0.543	0.129	p < 0.0005
Academic	− 0.859	0.259	0.011
Others	− 0.865	0.467	0.656
Working hours per week	0.017	0.005	p < 0.0005	0.002	0.003	0.422
Work experience (years)	0.005	0.012	0.714
Good work- life balance
Yes versus No	0.592	0.133	p < 0.0005	0.288	0.088	0.001
Salary	0.544	0.047	p < 0.0005	0.222	0.049	p < 0.0005
Non-Financial Incentives	0.444	0.055	p < 0.0005	0.080	0.047	0.091
Job Security	0.496	0.054	p < 0.0005	0.025	0.053	0.635
Workplace Equipment	0.361	0.056	p < 0.0005	0.002	0.046	0.970
Supervision	0.550	0.051	p < 0.0005	0.117	0.058	0.044
Encouragement	0.505	0.056	p < 0.0005	0.045	0.054	0.409
Recognition	0.577	0.053	p < 0.0005	0.099	0.063	0.118
Responsibility to Work	0.571	0.061	p < 0.0005	0.041	0.075	0.583
Task Variety	0.561	0.064	p < 0.0005	− 0.057	0.073	0.434
Workload	0.493	0.060	p < 0.0005	0.058	0.053	0.270
Control	0.622	0.051	p < 0.0005	0.139	0.071	0.052
Support from Co-Workers	0.643	0.060	p < 0.0005	0.096	0.068	0.158
Continuing Education Opportunities	0.459	0.050	p < 0.0005	0.138	0.057	0.017
Career Advancement Opportunities	0.418	0.057	p < 0.0005	− 0.018	0.064	0.777
(constant)				− 0.472	0.251	0.062

F (18, 195) = 24.89; R-squared = 0.697, p < 0.0005; S.E., Standard Error of Unstandardized co-efficient (β)

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