Perceived job demands and resources of newly qualified midwives working in primary care settings in the Netherlands | 31 Table 1. Background characteristics of participants (N=31) Characteristics N (%) Midwifery Academy Amsterdam Groningen Maastricht Rotterdam Belgium 7 (23) 9 (29) 4 (13) 6 (19) 5 (16) Year of graduation 2013 2014 2015 2016 2 (6) 10 (32) 12 (39) 7 (23) Employment Locum Employed Partnership 22 (71) 8 (26) 1 (3) Work context Urban Rural Rural/Urban Other 14 (45) 12 (39) 4 (13) 1 (3) The results are presented in figure 2, using the themes of the JD-R model: job demands, job resources, personal resources and an additional theme: personal demands. In the analysis we used examples of categories within the themes, according to the job demands and resources from Schaufeli and Taris,20 for example work overload, job insecurity, and time pressure as job demands; and positive client contacts, task variety and autonomy as job resources.
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