Objective To investigate job satisfaction and its influencing factors among staff engaged in planning immunization in Nantong city for adjusting and formulating relevant policies.
Methods An online survey was conducted from October 2021 through June 2022, utilizing random sampling among staff engaged in planning immunization recruited from nine disease prevention control centers and 106 vaccination clinics at city/county/township levels in Nantong city. A self-designed questionnaire assessing overall job satisfaction and its dimensions (work situation/environment/reward/value, and work-life balance) was employed, employing a five-point Likert scale ranging from very dissatisfied to very satisfied was adopted in the questionnaire. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to examine the factors influencing job satisfaction.
Results For the 1015 (98.35% of the staff surveyed) valid responders, the score of overall job satisfaction was 3.60 ± 0.68, with the highest dimensional score of 3.72 ± 0.71 for work-life balance and the lowest of 3.32 ± 0.82 for work reward. The results of the multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that monthly income, weekly rest day, and work stress were significant influencing factors on job satisfaction for the staff (all P < 0.05) and staff members with following characteristics were more likely to have a higher job satisfaction: a monthly income of 5 001 to 10 000 Chinese yuan (odds ratio OR = 1.51) or more than 10 000 yuan (OR = 5.30), weekly rest period of 1 – 2 days (OR = 1.58), and moderate work stress (OR = 2.96) (P < 0.05 for all).
Conclusion The overall job satisfaction is at a medium level but the satisfaction to work reward is low among staff engaged in immunization planning in Nantong city. The results need to be concerned for improving job satisfaction in the staff.
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