Table 6.

Importance placed on various reasons for moving away from New Zealand in respondents indicating that they were considering leaving New Zealand ( n  = 181)

Item	Unimportant (%)	Not very important (%)	Important (%)	Highly important (%)	Important or highly important (%)
Desire to return to a country (for example, UK) where I had previously worked/lived	11	13	36	40	76
Availability of career opportunities elsewhere	25	20	39	16	55
Limited career opportunities in NZ	31	28	25	16	40
More attractive salary and incentives elsewhere	43	33	14	10	24
More attractive conditions of work elsewhere	43	35	16	5	21
Better lifestyle elsewhere	50	30	17	3	20
A poor working environment in NZ	60	25	12	4	15
Lack of administrative support staff in NZ	60	31	7	2	9
Lack of clinical support staff in NZ	60	32	8	0	8

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