Determinants of Quality of Work Life among Nurses Working in Hawassa Town Public Health Facilities, South Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 3
Background characteristics as predictors of quality of work life among nurses working in public health facilities of Hawassa town, March 10–27, 2016 ().
Explanatory variables
Quality of work life (predicted)
Low
Moderate
AOR (CI)
AOR (CI)
Sex
Male
0.087
1.890 (0.911–3.921)
0.981
1.009 (0.490–2.077)
Female
1
1
1
1
Age
20–24
0.578
0.527 (0.055–5.036)
0.137
0.194 (0.022–1.687)
25–29
0.755
0.709 (0.082–6.145)
0.434
0.445 (0.059–3.378)
30–34
0.335
0.312 (0.029–3.338)
0.656
0.608 (0.068 = –5.438)
≥35
1
1
1
1
Marital status
Married
0.947
0.974 (0.449–2.112)
0.328
0.681 (0.316–1.470)
Single
1
1
1
1
Educational status
Diploma
0.015
4.750 (1.349–16.745)
0.004
6.198 (1.793–21.427)
Bachelor degree
1
1
1
1
Work experience
Up to 2 years
0.967
1.048 (0.108–10.200)
0.880
1.203 (0.110–13.199)
2–5 years
0.778
1.376 (0.150–12.663)
0.635
1.760 (0.170–18.215)
6–10 years
0.917
0.890 (0.097–8.124)
0.832
0.777 (0.076–7.989)
≥11 years
1
1
1
1
Monthly income
<3145
0.003
0.012 (0.001–0.225)
0.274
0.146 (0.005–4.604)
3145–5583
0.019
0.051 (0.004–0.615)
0.626
0.464 (0.021–10.179)
≥5583
1
1
1
1
Institution
Health center
0.167
0.590 (0.280–1.247)
0.153
0.587 (0.282–1.220)
Hospital
1
1
1
1
Unit of work
Outpatient
0.076
0.349 (0.109–1.118)
0.035
3.143 (1.082–9.132)
Inpatient
0.270
0.527 (0.169–1.647)
0.719
0.817 (0.272–2.456)
Emergency
0.633
1.348 (0.396–4.591)
0.957
0.967 (0.284–3.286)
Delivery
1
1
1
1
Reference category for outcome variables: high. AOR: adjusted odds ratio. category for explanatory variables.
