Table VI  Level of job stress by demographic, job, and practice characteristicsa,b.

 

 

 

GP principals

 

 

GP non-principals

 

PMS GPs

 

GPs with value of ‘1’

 

GPs with value of ‘0’

P-value

GPs with value of ‘1’

 

GPs with value of ‘0’

P-value

GPs with value of ‘1’

 

GPs with value of ‘0’

P-value

Gender (1, male; 0, female)

 

3.084

(± 0.597)

3.047

(± 0.567)

0.445

2.898

(± 0.544)

2.627

(± 0.575)

< 0.001

2.880

(± 0.642)

2.723

(± 0.637)

0.483

Age (1, under 40 years and 55 years and over; 0, 40-54 years)

 

3.021

(± 0.582)

3.103

 (± 0.588)

0.084

2.744

(± 0.591)

2.834

 (± 0.519)

0.195

2.673

 (± 0.598)

2.884

 (± 0.654)

0.371

Ethnicity (1, white; 0, else)

 

3.048

(± 0.570)

3.538

(± 0.715)

0.001

2.756

(± 0.582)

2.818

 (± 0.413)

0.674

2.818

 (± 0.636)

NO

-

Household income (1, £70,001 or more; 0, £70,000 or less)

 

3.053

(± 0.580)

3.087

(± 0.602)

0.485

2.727

(± 0.572)

2.770

(± 0.581)

0.570

2.718

(± 0.635)

2.862

 (± 0.650)

0.542

Number of hours worked per week as a GP (1, 50 hours or more; 0, 49 hours or less)

 

3.209

(± 0.592)

2.970

(± 0.553)

< 0.001

3.022

(± 0.491)

2.650

 (± 0.583)

< 0.001

3.287

 (± 0.521)

2.573

(± 0.580)

0.001

Number of GPs in the practice (1, group practice; 0, single-handed practice)

 

3.055

(± 0.578)

3.404

 (± 0.669)

0.002

2.783

(± 0.569)

2.499

 (± 0.585)

0.010

2.805

 (± 0.652)

3.032

(± 0.228)

0.630

Practice location (1, urban; 0, rural)

 

3.053

(± 0.583)

3.094

(± 0.585)

0.388

2.767

(± 0.518)

2.734

 (± 0.682)

0.652

2.728

(± 0.570)

3.043

 (± 0.762)

0.189

Level of deprivation of patient groups (1, affluent; 0, deprived)

 

3.043

 (± 0.582)

3.131

(± 0.585)

0.075

2.725

 (± 0.572)

2.821

(± 0.584)

0.135

2.866

 (± 0.679)

2.703

(± 0.580)

0.500

Notes: a based on weighted data;  b Independent samples t-test [mean (± standard deviation)]; NO, no observations.