Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of village doctors (n = 1889)
Characteristics | Category | No.(%) |
|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 1302(68.9) |
| Â | Female | 587(31.1) |
Age (years) | <25 | 23(1.2) |
| Â | 25 ~ 35 | 319(16.9) |
| Â | 35 ~ 45 | 599(31.7) |
| Â | 45~55 | 409(21.7) |
|  | ≥55 | 539(28.5) |
Educational qualification | Secondary technical school and below | 1564(82.8) |
| Â | Junior college | 285(15.1) |
| Â | Bachelor | 21(1.1) |
| Â | Master and above | 19(1.0) |
Title | No title | 720(38.1) |
| Â | Junior title | 844(44.7) |
| Â | Middle title | 310(16.4) |
| Â | Senior title | 15(0.8) |
Work seniority | < 5 | 105(5.5) |
| Â | 5-15 | 480(25.4) |
| Â | 15-25 | 532(28.2) |
|  | ≥ 25 | 772(40.9) |
Qualified to practice | Yes | 1453(76.9) |
| Â | No | 436(23.1) |
Average income/years (ten thousand Yuan) | ≤3 | 1451(76.8) |
| Â | 3-5 | 315(16.7) |
| Â | 5-8 | 99(5.2) |
|  | ≥ 8 | 24(1.3) |
Individual income levels in the local* | The upper layer | 12(0.6) |
Between upper and middle | 57(3.0) | |
| Â | Middle level | 488(25.9) |
| Â | Between middle and lower | 860(45.5) |
| Â | The lower layer | 472(25.0) |
Income satisfaction | Satisfied | 113(6.0) |
| Â | Moderate (not too bad) | 725(38.4) |
| Â | Dissatisfied | 1051(55.6) |