Research Article

Magnitude of Intention to Leave and Associated Factors among Health Workers Working at Primary Hospitals of North Gondar Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: Mixed Methods

Table 3

Factors associated with intention to leave among health workers in North Gondar zone primary hospitals, 2017(n=382).

Variables Category Intention to leaveCOR (95%CI)AOR (95%CI)
YesNo

Age in years
20-29201773.07(1.28, 9.40)3.96(1.04,15.07)
30-3941261.86(0.76, 6.66)2.73(0.78, 9.64)
≥40172011
Performance appraisal
Satisfied 736511
Unsatisfied186582.86(1.83, 4.46)2.97(1.64,5.36)
Educational opportunity
Yes533411
No206891.49(0.90, 2.44)1.38(0.71, 2.68)
Recognition & reward
Satisfied694411
Unsatisfied190791.53(0.97, 2.43)0.89(0.49, 1.61)
Family arrangement
Living with family695511
Living out of family190682.23(1.42, 3.49)1.73(1.23, 3.02)
Salary (USD)
≤ 11282370.79(0.44, 1.40)0.99(0.40, 2.44)
113-14635330.38(0.20, 0.71)0.43(0.19, 0.95)
147-18963250.89(0.47, 1.68)1.13(0.43, 2.96)
≥190792811
Supportive supervision
Satisfied935711
Unsatisfied166661.54(0.99, 2.38)1.11(0.61, 1.98)
Continuous commitment
High1106511
Low149581.52(0.99, 2.34)1.45(0.85, 2.46)
Normative commitment
High1415411
Low118690.66(0.43, 1.01)0.96(0.55, 1.65)
Affective commitment
High15510011
Low104232.92(1.74, 4.89)3.12(1.64,5.92)
Opportunity of other job
Yes146412.58(1.65, 4.04)2.04(1.21,3.45)
No1138211
Experiences in years
≤2812411
3-5104560.55(0.31, 0.96)0.90(0.45, 1.79)
≥674430.51(0.28, 0.92)1.41(0.45, 4.43)

Significant at P-value <0.05, USD: United States Dollar, CI: confidence interval, COR: Crude Odds Ratio, and AOR: Adjusted Odds Ratio.