Table 4.
Adjusted RRRs with 95% CIs from a multinomial logistic regression model with the negative attitude to working in a township health center as reference
| Variable | Positive |
Neutral |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| RRRs | 95 % CI | RRRs | 95% CI | |
| Demographic characteristics | ||||
| Gender: female vs. male | 0.62a) | (0.42, 0.92) | 0.80 | (0.56, 1.15) |
| One child family: no vs. yes | 1.32 | (0.94, 1.84) | 1.39 | (0.88, 2.19) |
| Place of birth: (ref: city) | ||||
| County | 1.34 | (0.90, 2.00) | 0.93 | (0.67, 1.28) |
| Village | 1.40 | (0.96, 2.03) | 1.20 | (0.88, 1.63) |
| Program: three-year vs. five-year | 4.83b) | (3.15, 7.39) | 1.83b) | (1.21, 2.78) |
| Major: (ref: bachelor's degree: clinical medicine) | ||||
| Bachelor's degree: rural-oriented medicine | 6.58a) | (1.37, 31.63) | 3.45 | (0.77, 15.39) |
| Bachelor's degree: traditional medicine | 1.05 | (0.57, 1.94) | 0.76 | (0.44, 1.34) |
| Junior bachelor's degree: clinical medicine | 1.24 | (0.32, 2.54) | 1.09 | (0.39, 3.11) |
| School: (ref: Guangxi Medical University) | ||||
| Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medical University | 1.77 | (0.78, 3.40) | 1.38 | (0.51, 6.81) |
| Guilin Medical University | 1.50 | (0.84, 2.68) | 1.34 | (0.84, 3.21) |
| Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities | 1.39 | (0.75, 2.57) | 1.11 | (0.49, 3.15) |
| Guangxi University of Technology | 4.61c) | (2.42, 8.78) | 1.93a) | (1.03, 3.63) |
| Personal job concerns and factors influencing them | ||||
| Perceived difficulty of getting a job: (ref: easy) | ||||
| Somewhat difficult | 2.44b) | (1.37, 4.35) | 2.7c) | 5 (1.65, 4.59) |
| Difficult | 1.42 | (0.79, 2.55) | 1.86a) | (1.12, 3.11) |
| Very difficult | 1.34 | (0.66, 2.71) | 1.74 | (0.95, 3.20) |
| Expected place of work: (ref: provincial city) | ||||
| Prefecture city | 2.10a) | (1.19, 3.72) | 2.15b) | (1.34, 3.45) |
| County | 8.65c) | (4.21, 17.77) | 4.35c) | (2.30, 8.23) |
| Township | 14.54b) | (3.83, 31.74) | 3.17 | (0.36, 28.13) |
| Factor of greatest influence (ref: government employment) | ||||
| Personal career development | 5.39b) | (1.61, 18.11) | 2.06 | (0.78, 5.44) |
| Social recognition | 0.39 | (0.05, 2.86) | 0.43 | (0.12, 1.58) |
| Family support | 5.19a) | (1.01, 26.73) | 1.92 | (0.48, 7.71) |
| Living environment | 1.74 | (0.51, 5.93) | 0.79 | (0.30, 2.08) |
| Individual interest | 2.55 | (0.64, 10.09) | 0.56 | (0.18, 1.72) |
| Salary and benefits | 3.53a) | (1.06,11.75) | 1.26 | (0.49, 3.27) |
| Relevance to major | 5.17b) | (1.59, 16.81) | 1.31 | (0.51, 3.34) |
| Knowledge ofTHCs and factors influencing this | ||||
| Knowledge of status ofTHCs: (ref: little) | ||||
| Some | 1.60b) | (1.06, 2.42) | 1.57a) | (1.10, 2.25) |
| Sufficient | 3.05b) | (1.56, 5.95) | 1.86a) | (1.01, 3.43) |
| Very sufficient | 2.77a) | (1.06, 7.23) | 0.72 | (0.29, 1.79) |
| Attitudes toward THCs (ref: very pessimistic) | ||||
| Pessimistic | 1.55 | (0.78, 3.07) | 1.44 | (0.86, 2.41) |
| Optimistic | 4.66c) | (2.38, 9.13) | 3.07c) | (1.82, 5.17) |
| Very optimistic | 9.38c) | (4.08, 21.57) | 3.36c) | (1.64, 6.89) |
| Who should go to work in THCs (ref: secondary health school graduates) | ||||
| Junior college graduates | 2.26a) | (1.17, 4.35) | 1.57 | (0.96, 2.57) |
| Bachelor's degree gradates | 9.29c) | (4.61, 18.73) | 3.09c) | (1.79, 5.35) |
| Expected salary: (ref: >4,000 RMB) | ||||
| 1,000-1,500 RMB | 3.10a) | (1.07, 5.89) | 1.65a) | (1.09, 3.55) |
| 1,500-2,000 RMB | 4.81c) | (1.82, 7.06) | 2.33b) | (1.56, 4.76) |
| 2,000-3,000 RMB | 2.66b) | (1.61, 4.38) | 3.84c) | (2.64, 6.01) |
| 3,000-4,000 RMB | 0.88 | (0.27, 3.98) | 1.82 | (0.50, 1.43) |
| Facilitating factors (ref: close to home) | ||||
| Favorable policy | 0.79 | (0.40, 1.57) | 1.00 | (0.55, 1.85) |
| Gain community experience for a better job | 0.91 | (0.42, 2.01) | 1.23 | (0.61, 2.49) |
| Lower working pressure | 3.69a) | (1.11, 12.32) | 4.38a) | (1.42, 13.48) |
| No opportunity to find a suitable job | 0.13c) | (0.05, 0.36) | 1.32 | (0.66, 2.64) |
| Prepare for graduate entrance examination | 0.30 | (0.09, 1.04) | 0.50 | (0.19, 1.30) |
| More opportunities to practice, great potential in THCs | 3.66b) | (1.40, 9.56) | 2.24 | (0.90, 5.54) |
| Respond to the nation's call to return to one's hometown | 2.28 | (0.98, 5.3) | 0.84 | (0.38, 1.83) |
| Inhibiting factors (ref: I am unfamiliar with rural conditions) | ||||
| Low salary and poor benefits | 0.53 | (0.22, 1.28) | 0.35a) | (0.15, 0.8) |
| Difficult to develop abilities | 0.44 | (0.18, 1.07) | 0.36a) | (0.16, 0.81) |
| Poor living conditions | 0.35a) | (0.14, 0.91) | 0.27b) | (0.11, 0.64) |
| Family and friends' opposition | 0.59 | (0.20, 1.72) | 0.35 | (0.11, 1.09) |
| Low social status | 0.25b) | (0.09, 0.66) | 0.38 | (0.14, 1.02) |
| No continuing medical education opportunities | 0.72 | (0.30, 1.72) | 0.32b) | (0.13, 0.76) |
a)
P-value<0.05,
b)
P-value<0.01,
c)
P-value<0.001.