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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of participants (n = 2693)

From: The influence of personality, alexithymia and work engagement on burnout among village doctors in China: a cross-sectional study

Socio–Demographic

N

%

Sex

 Male

1729

64.4

 Female

920

34.3

 Missing

35

1.3

Age, Group

  < 30 years

35

1.3

 30–39 years

622

23.2

 40–49 years

1298

48.4

  ≥ 50 years

683

25.4

 Missing

46

1.7

Level of education

 University or above

70

2.6

 Junior College

656

24.4

 Technical secondary school

1830

68.2

 High school education or below

91

3.4

 Missing

37

1.4

Practicing requirements

 Rural general practitioner

334

13

 Rural assistant physician

442

17.2

 Chinese medicine assistant physician

192

7.5

 Unqualified

1607

62.4

 Missing

109

4.1

Professional ranks

 Middle or high profession

101

3.8

 Primary title

1306

48.7

 No title

1157

43.1

 Missing

120

4.5

Monthly income (yuan)

  < 2000

1247

46.5

 2000–2999

767

28.6

  ≥ 3000

505

18.8

 Missing

165

6.1

Weekly working hours

  < 40

388

14.5

 40–59

336

12.5

  ≥ 60

1875

69.9

 Missing

85

3.2