Table 2.

Respondents’ motivations to migrate to New Zealand ( n  = 632)

Item	Unimportant (%)	Not very important (%)	Important (%)	Highly important (%)	Important or highly important (%)
Quality of life (or that of my family)	2	2	28	68	96
More attractive working conditions	5	8	37	51	87
Availability of career opportunities	7	22	53	18	72
Personal/family factors	9	20	33	38	71
Desire to leave the UK NHS	11	24	35	30	65
My training and development goals	10	33	44	14	57
My career progression goals	11	36	40	13	52
More attractive salary and incentives	16	46	33	5	38
Desire to return to New Zealand, a country I had previously worked/lived in	55	16	16	12	29
Capacity to work in both public and private practice	67	24	7	2	9

The final column is the sum of “Important” and “Highly important” responses. Note percentages may not total because of rounding.