Table 2.

Multiple logistic regression analysis of contract compliance intention among oriented medical students

	Items		Reference	β	P	OR	95% CI
							LL	UL
Demographics	Gender
		Male	Female	− 0.374	0.046	0.688	0.476	0.994
	Matriculation year
		2018	2022	− 1.400	0.005	0.246	0.094	0.650
		2019		− 1.229	0.000	0.292	0.152	0.564
		2020		− 0.490	0.091	0.613	0.347	1.082
		2021		− 0.315	0.173	0.730	0.464	1.148
Attitudes	Whether you apply for the RDTWMHE program voluntarily
		No	Yes	− 0.646	0.001	0.524	0.358	0.767
	Attitude toward the education program
		Dissatisfied	Satisfied	− 1.553	0.000	0.212	0.102	0.438
		Neutral		− 0.519	0.092	0.595	0.325	1.089
	Whether rural medical work holds value
		No	Yes	− 1.460	0.000	0.232	0.104	0.518
		Neutral		− 0.815	0.001	0.443	0.270	0.727
	Whether rural healthcare systems require high-level medical professionals
		No	Yes	− 0.447	0.310	0.640	0.270	1.517
		Neutral		0.583	0.020	1.791	1.096	2.927
Subjective norms	Maternal academic attainment
		Middle school	Elementary school or below	− 0.724	0.098	0.485	0.206	1.143
		High school/secondary vocational school		− 0.336	0.417	0.715	0.318	1.608
		College/associate degree or above		− 0.909	0.028	0.403	0.179	0.906
	Family attitude toward the RDTWMHE program
		Disapprove	Approve	− 0.800	0.006	0.449	0.252	0.799
		Neutral		− 0.122	0.592	0.885	0.567	1.382
	Compliance rate among peers
		< 50%	≥ 80%	− 0.937	0.000	0.392	0.234	0.657
		50% ~ 80%		− 0.079	0.724	0.924	0.595	1.434
Perceived behavioral control	Whether you acquaint with rural healthcare work environment
		No	Yes	− 0.734	0.019	0.480	0.260	0.886
		Neutral		0.040	0.900	1.041	0.559	1.937

OR Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interval, LL lower limit, UL Upper limit, RDTWMHE the Rural-Oriented Tuition-Waived Medical Higher Education