Table 6.

Demographic characteristics of the attrited staff from Department of Medical Sciences in 2009 – 2013 (N=494)

Variables	Voluntary attritiona)			Involuntary attritionb)		p-valuec)
	(N=357)			(N=137)
	N	%		N	%
Age						<0.001
Less than 30 years	78	100.0		0	0.0
31–45 years	251	97.7		6	2.3
46–60 years	28	17.6		131	82.4
Sex						<0.001
Male	84	56.0		66	44.0
Female	273	79.4		71	20.6
Marital Status						<0.001
Single	174	82.1		38	17.9
Married	183	64.9		99	35.1
Education						<0.001
Bachelor degree	191	90.5		20	9.5
Master degree	150	67.6		72	32.4
PhD degree	16	26.2		45	73.8
Oversea degree						<0.001
Yes	16	38.1		26	61.9
No	341	75.4		111	24.6
Profession						<0.001
Doctor	285	74.0		100	26.0
Dental surgeon	17	68.0		8	32.0
Nurse	16	80.0		4	20.0
Pharmacist	5	83.8		1	16.7
Medical technologist	7	87.5		1	12.5
Non-medical teaching staff	27	73.0		10	27.0
Administrative staff	0	0.0		13	100.0
Position						<0.001
Demonstrator	35	87.5		5	12.5
Assistant lecture (basic degree holder)	171	97.2		3	2.8
Assistant lecture (master degree holder)	91	91.9		8	8.1
Lecturer	47	61.8		29	38.2
Associate professor and above	13	12.6		90	87.4
Permanent address						0.066
Yangon	247	73.1		91	26.9
Mandalay	63	64.3		35	35.7
Other	47	81.0		11	19.0
Universities						0.159
Yangon	219	72.0		85	28.0
Mandalay	79	69.3		35	30.7
Magway	46	83.6		9	16.4
Others	13	61.9		8	38.1
Subject						<0.001
Pre-medical	26	72.2		10	27.8
Non-clinical	247	83.4		49	16.6
Clinical	80	60.6		52	39.4
Others	4	13.3		26	86.7
Duration of service						<0.001
Less than 5 year	124	99.2		1	0.8
6–15 year	200	96.6		7	3.4
16–30 year	33	38.8		52	61.2
More than 31 year	0	0.0		77	100.0
Duration of non-residential service						<0.001
No duration	245	92.1		21	7.9
< 10 years	87	61.7		54	38.3
11– 20 years	19	30.2		44	69.8
21– 30 years	3	17.6		14	82.4
>31 years	3	42.9		4	57.1

a) Attrition due to resignation and absenteeism

b) Attrition due to death and retirement

c) p-values are from a chi-square test