Data Sheet 1_Employment satisfaction among public health and preventive medicine graduates and associated factors: a cross-sectional survey at Guangxi Medical University.docx

Supplementary checks included prespecified model diagnostics, bootstrap analyses, alternative outcome coding, exclusion of respondents in further study or postdoctoral positions, and false-discovery-rate adjustment of univariable tests.</p>Results<p>Overall satisfaction was low for 5.7% of respondents, average for 39.7%, and relatively high or very high for 54.6%. In the primary model, older age was associated with higher satisfaction (adjusted OR = 1.17, 95% CI 1.02–1.34; p = 0.027).

Respondents who rated university career guidance as neutral or not helpful had lower odds of higher satisfaction (adjusted OR = 0.46, 95% CI 0.26–0.81; p = 0.008). Both associations had the same direction in the three-level ordinal model and after excluding 25 respondents in further study or postdoctoral positions. The exploratory IPA identified career development opportunities, the contribution of internships or practica to employability, and effort-reward fairness as areas for further study.

Several quadrant assignments, however, had limited bootstrap stability.</p>Conclusion<p>Just over half of respondents reported relatively high or very high satisfaction. Older age and more favorable retrospective ratings of university career guidance were associated with higher satisfaction. The cross-sectional data cannot establish the direction of these relationships or support causal conclusions.

The exploratory IPA classifications require confirmation in larger, multicenter samples before they are used to guide interventions.</p>