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Table 3 Correlation between variables

From: Rural health workers and their work environment: the role of inter-personal factors on job satisfaction of nurses in rural Papua New Guinea

  

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

1

Age

1

           

2

Years of profession

0.882c

1

          

3

Years working in the health centre

0.579c

0.581c

1

         

4

Satisfaction supervision

0.147b

0.181b

0.091

1

        

5

Satisfaction co-workers

−0.015

0.000

0.044

0.234c

1

       

6

Intrinsic satisfaction

0.040

0.028

0.009

0.395c

0.385c

1

      

7

Extrinsic satisfaction

0.099

0.112a

0.135a

0.444c

0.120c

0.305c

1

     

8

Overall job satisfaction

0.118a

0.130a

0.119a

0.758c

0.493c

0.653c

0.781c

1

    

9

Retention

−0.275c

−0.271c

−0.122a

−0.162b

−0.010

−0.016

−0.219c

−0.180b

1

   

10

Supervision

0.062

0.063

0.065

0.592c

0.196c

0.304c

0.225c

0.485c

−0.106

1

  

11

Work Climate

0.000

0.019

−0.004

0.338c

0.440c

0.381c

0.167b

0.440c

−0.126a

0.334c

1

 

12

Community Support

0.052

0.052

0.031

0.274c

0.169b

0.259c

0.243c

0.329c

−0.113a

0.244c

0.321c

1

  1. a = p value < 0.05; b = p value < 0.01; c = p value < 0.001.