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Job satisfaction and determinant factors among midwives working at health facilities in Addis Ababa city, Ethiopia.
No full textBackgroundMidwives are the primary source of care and support for mothers and newborns at the most vulnerable time in their lives.The Ethiopian National Reproductive Health Strategy targeted reduction of Maternal Mortality rate to 267/100,000 live births in the years 2006-2015. Midwives play a crucial role in the care of pregnant women, from the first antenatal visit right through to the delivery and the postpartum period.MethodologyInstitution based cross-sectional study was carried out from March 2015 to April 2015 in Addis Ababa city, Ethiopia to assess job satisfaction and its determinants among midwives working at government health facilities. A total of 234 midwives were involved from 84 health centers and 8 governmental hospitals proportional to the size of health centers and hospitals using simple random sampling method. A total of 175 and 59 midwives were taken from health centers and government hospitals respectively. Different variables like Socio demographic, Job related domain and Organizational domain were collected using pre structured questionnaire after getting written consent. Data entry and analysis were done using SPSS 21.00. Binary logistic regression was used to determine factors affecting job satisfaction. P-values less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant.ResultFrom 234 eligible respondents 221 midwives participated in this study which makes a response rate of 94.44%. The overall mean job satisfaction was 52.9%. Independent predictors of job satisfaction includes Sex [AOR = 4.07 (95%CI: 1.36-12.37)], working unit [AOR = 0.04 (95%CI:(0.001-0.45)], Educational status [AOR = 5.74(95%CI: 1.48-40.47)], Marital status [AOR = 3.48 [1.01-11.97)], supervision [AOR = 4.33 (95%CI: 1.53-20.22)], standard of care[AOR 4.80, (3.38-50.10)] and work load [AOR 8.94, (95%CI 2.37-22.65)]. Midwives were least satisfied from salary, extrinsic reward and professional opportunity subscales while they were most satisfied from coworker relation and the standard of care they provided to clients.ConclusionHalf of study subjects were satisfied with their job. Governmental and Nongovernmental organizations should consider the factors that contribute to job dissatisfaction in order to improve service provision
Youth unemployment and its main determinants in Ethiopia
No full textUnemployment is a major social problem in Ethiopia. Throughout the world, the youth is the locomotive of national development. However, recently youth unemployment is both a national and global problem. The main objective of the study was to identify the determinants of youth unemployment in the Wolaita Zone. The study adopted cross-sectional data on youth unemployment. The primary data was collected from 379 sample respondents through an interview questionnaire in the Wolaita zone. To achieve the objective, the study has employed a binary logistic regression model. The descriptive statistics analysis results revealed that about 78.1 % of the youth are unemployed while 21.9 % are employed. Based on the result of the logit model eight out of nine independent variables were found significant determinants of unemployment; from which, age, sex, alcohol-abusing, access to credit use, and educational level negatively affects youth unemployment whereas, marital status, Job information, migration positively affects unemployment. The econometric results suggested the need for the government goes board on creating job opportunities for young youths. It also recommended that the government should facilitate the formalization of familiar employment which reduces the problem of youth unemployment, especially among skilled and educated youth and all secondary schools should have an active partnership with employers. As well as the government must increase the availability of initial working capital, the identification of profitable business areas, and provision of practical training for young youths to be engaged in their own business
Overall of job satisfaction category among midwives in government hospital and health center under Addis Ababa city administration health bureau, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, 2015.
No full textOverall of job satisfaction category among midwives in government hospital and health center under Addis Ababa city administration health bureau, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, 2015.</p
Job satisfaction Subscales Mean score among Midwives in government hospital and health center under Addis Ababa city administration health bureau, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, 2015 (N = 221).
No full textJob satisfaction Subscales Mean score among Midwives in government hospital and health center under Addis Ababa city administration health bureau, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, 2015 (N = 221).</p
Multivariable analysis for predictors of job satisfaction, Midwives, in government hospital and health center under A.A city administration health bureau, A.A. Ethiopia, 2015.
No full textMultivariable analysis for predictors of job satisfaction, Midwives, in government hospital and health center under A.A city administration health bureau, A.A. Ethiopia, 2015.</p
working unit distribution of Midwives, under Addis Ababa city administration health bureau, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, 2015.
No full textworking unit distribution of Midwives, under Addis Ababa city administration health bureau, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, 2015.</p
Determinants of Job satisfaction Subscales Mean score among midwives in government hospital and health center under Addis Ababa city administration health bureau, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, 2015 (N = 221).
No full textDeterminants of Job satisfaction Subscales Mean score among midwives in government hospital and health center under Addis Ababa city administration health bureau, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, 2015 (N = 221).</p
Background characteristics of midwives in government hospitals and health centers under Addis Ababa city administration health bureau, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, 2015 (N = 221).
No full textBackground characteristics of midwives in government hospitals and health centers under Addis Ababa city administration health bureau, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, 2015 (N = 221).</p
Correlation analysis of job satisfaction, organization domains and job related domains among midwives in government hospital and health center under Addis Ababa city administration health bureau, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, 2015 (N = 221).
No full textCorrelation analysis of job satisfaction, organization domains and job related domains among midwives in government hospital and health center under Addis Ababa city administration health bureau, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, 2015 (N = 221).</p
Frequency distribution of job and organization related domain response of midwives in government hospital and health center under Addis Ababa city administration health bureau, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, 2015 (N = 221).
No full textFrequency distribution of job and organization related domain response of midwives in government hospital and health center under Addis Ababa city administration health bureau, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, 2015 (N = 221).</p
