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. 2023 Mar 13;23:155. doi: 10.1186/s12909-023-04133-3

Table 5.

Latent class model for a rural job preference

Attribute Levels Class 1 Class 2 Class 3
Coef Std.Err Coef Std.Err Coef Std.Err
Salary (1 ETB = 0.0244 USD) 0.0003078*** 0.0000855 4.53e-06 0.0000429 0.0006824*** 0.0001103
Housing House Basic Ref
House superior 0.86*** 0.28 0.16 0.17 -0.26 0.30
Drug, equipment, and supplies Inadequate
Adequate 1.47*** 0.38 0.91*** 0.17 -0.09 0.30
Mandatory experience before a study leave Two years
One year 1.69*** 0.30 -0.08 0.19 -0.01 0.29
Supportive management Unsupportive Ref
Supportive -0.22 0.40 0.71*** 0.14 0.83*** 0.26
Average workload Heavy Ref
Normal 0.31 0.34 0.48*** 0.14 0.56* 0.29
Class share 29.8% 41.7% 28.5%

Salary was linearly coded

***P-value < 0.01

**P-value < 0.05

*P-value < 0.10 Coef., Coefficient; Std. Err, Standard error; Ref, Reference category