satisfaction (Lamb, 2004; UNESCO, 2010). Teachers showed neutrality with et al., respect to satisfaction with teaching profession, physical working environment, leadership/management, salaries and incentives. Referring to findings of qualitative analysis teachers were generally satisfied with location because most of the schools visited were urban or as literature has established that teachers are peri-urban-based generally reluctant to work in the rural areas (UNESCO, 2005; OECD, 2005; Lewin and Sayed, 2005; Mulkeen et al., 2007). The study also established association between satisfactions with teaching profession in a given environment with socio-demographic attributes in order to gain a general understanding of what type of teaching staff managers can easily retain by maneuvering the environment. There was significant association between satisfaction with teaching profession and socio-demographic attributes, namely, age, sex, education and years of teaching (Table 4.6). No significant association between marital statuses and teaching profession was observed, probably because of sample size and the fact that majority (87.1%) of consulted teachers were married. Table 4.6: Association between Degree of Satisfaction and Socio-Economic Attributes Satisfaction Attribute Chi-square (df, N) V Phi Cramer’s (φ) Teaching Age (8,101) = 53.21 0.419 0.726 χ2 profession Sex (4, 101) = 15.14 0.387 0.387 χ2 Education (16,101) = 23.72 0.242 0.485 χ2 Years of work (12, 101) = 27.48 0.301 0.522 χ2 Marital Status (4,101) = 4.593 0.213 0.213 χ2 Age (12, 101) = 14.318 0.270 0.370 χ2 Salaries Sex (4, 101) = 10.973 0.330 0.330 χ2 Education (16, 101) = 33.536 0.287 0.575 χ2
satisfaction (Lamb, et al., 2004; UNESCO, 2010). Teachers showed neutrality with respect to satisfaction with teaching profession, physical working environment, leadership/management, salaries and incentives. Referring to findings of qualitative analysis teachers were generally satisfied with location because most of the schools visited were urban or peri-urban-based as literature has established that teachers are generally reluctant to work in the rural areas (UNESCO, 2005; OECD, 2005; Lewin and Sayed, 2005; Mulkeen et al., 2007). The study also established association between satisfactions with teaching profession in a given environment with socio-demographic attributes in order to gain a general understanding of what type of teaching staff managers can easily retain by maneuvering the environment. There was significant association between satisfaction with teaching profession and socio-demographic attributes, namely, age, sex, education and years of teaching (Table 4.6). No significant association between marital statuses and teaching profession was observed, probably because of sample size and the fact that majority (87.1%) of consulted teachers were married. Table 4.6: Association between Degree of Satisfaction and Socio-Economic Attributes Satisfaction Attribute Chi-square (df, N) Cramer’s V Phi (φ) Teaching profession Salaries Age Sex Education Years of work Marital Status Age Sex Education χ2 (8,101) = 53.21 χ2 (4, 101) = 15.14 χ2 (16,101) = 23.72 χ2 (12, 101) = 27.48 χ2 (4,101) = 4.593 χ2 (12, 101) = 14.318 χ2 (4, 101) = 10.973 χ2 (16, 101) = 33.536 0.419 0.387 0.242 0.301 0.213 0.270 0.330 0.287 0.726 0.387 0.485 0.522 0.213 0.370 0.330 0.575
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