Table 6.

Correlations between the explanatory variables

	Male student	>26 years	Number of deps	Urban backgr.	Rural backgr.	Schooling in rural area	Parents live in rural area	Motivated by interest in medicine	Spec. in medicine	Spec. in pub. health	Community health service during studies	Field work during studies
Male student	1
>26 years	-0.205	1
Number of dependants	0.116	-0.040	1
Urban background	0.005	0.085	0.029	1
Rural background	-0.156	0.172	-0.196	-0.502	1
Schooling in rural area	-0.253	0.073	-0.140	-0.073	0.378	1
Parents live in rural area	-0.174	-0.056	-0.131	-0.393	0.682	0.505	1
Motivated by interest in medicine	0.217	0.007	-0.141	-0.134	0.049	0.097	0.036	1
Specialisation in medicine	0.092	-0.099	0.174	-0.101	-0.037	-0.058	-0.060	-0.09	1
Specialisation in public health	-0.014	0.171	-0.155	0.154	0.014	-0.086	0.034	-0.08	-0.864	1
Community health service during studies	0.097	-0.188	0.120	0.036	-0.240	0.170	-0.213	0.06	0.070	-0.14	1
Fieldwork during studies	0.067	-0.109	0.099	-0.052	-0.121	0.186	-0.089	0.02	0.100	-0.17	0.755	1