Working Atmosphere and Job Satisfaction of Health Care Staff in Kenya: An Exploratory Study

Table 1

Description of the study population.

Characteristics	Health care staff ()
Gender
Male	174 (40.0%)
Female	250 (57.5%)
Age, years; mean (SD)	35.2 (10.6)
Contracted working hours per week; mean (SD)	46.7 (21.3)
Time period of employment; mean (SD)	5.9 (5.6)
Type of health care staff
Nurse	120 (27.6%)
Cleaner	50 (11.5%)
Clinical officer	32 (7.4%)
Secretary/administration	23 (5.3%)
Laboratory technician	18 (4.1%)
Security	13 (3.0%)
Doctor	12 (2.8%)
Pharmacist	9 (2.1%)
Midwife	7 (1.6%)
Public health officer	3 (0.7%)
Other	94 (21.6)

various due to missing data; SD standard deviation.