Table 2. Association of exposures with rural practice ≥50% of time since graduation.

						Vocation
		All				Specialists				General Practice				Prevocational
Parameter		OR	95%CI		p	OR	95%CI		p	OR	95%CI		p	OR	95%CI		p
Age, each year increment		1.06	1.03	1.09	<0.001	0.96	0.89	1.04	0.29	1.07	1.02	1.12	0.005	1.06	1.00	1.12	0.05
Female		0.88	0.63	1.24	0.47	0.86	0.48	1.52	0.59	0.57	0.33	0.99	0.04	1.15	0.50	2.64	0.74
Rural backgrounda		3.45	2.42	4.93	<0.001	2.64	1.47	4.73	0.001	4.25	2.40	7.53	<0.001	2.48	1.03	5.99	0.04
Rural birth place		2.11	1.48	3.01	<0.001	2.01	1.11	3.63	0.02	2.84	1.59	5.05	<0.001	1.19	0.50	2.82	0.70
Parent with rural background
-Father		2.96	2.08	4.23	<0.001	2.17	1.22	3.87	0.009	3.86	2.19	6.82	<0.001	1.14	0.88	1.47	0.33
-Mother		3.00	2.09	4.29	<0.001	1.21	0.97	1.49	0.09	3.17	1.81	5.58	<0.001	1.16	0.95	1.42	0.15
Partnership status
-Partnered		Refb				Ref				Ref				Ref
-Single		1.30	0.89	1.91	0.18	2.32	1.27	4.24	0.006	0.83	0.39	1.78	0.64	2.03	0.88	4.68	0.10
Partner's background
-Single		Ref				Ref				Ref				Ref
-Metropolitan		0.38	0.24	0.59	<0.001	0.34	0.16	0.71	0.004	0.49	0.19	1.25	0.14	0.26	0.08	0.79	0.02
-Rural		2.64	1.66	4.19	<0.001	0.95	0.41	2.20	0.91	2.20	0.81	6.00	0.12	1.59	0.48	5.25	0.45
Bonded scholarship		4.52	2.80	7.28	<0.001	1.92	0.78	4.77	0.16	7.87	3.39	18.28	<0.001	3.27	1.05	10.17	0.04
Clinical School
-MCSc		Ref				Ref				Ref				Ref
-RCSd – 1 or 2 years		4.74	3.30	6.82	<0.001	5.72	3.02	10.83	<0.001	5.11	2.86	9.12	<0.001	3.80	1.61	8.97	0.002
-RCS– 1 year		3.00	1.95	4.60	<0.001	3.93	1.92	8.03	<0.001	2.96	1.46	5.98	0.003	3.22	1.16	8.95	0.03
-RCS– 2 years		8.97	5.63	14.31	<0.001	10.93	4.97	24.04	<0.001	9.41	4.36	20.31	<0.001	4.79	1.55	14.80	0.006
Background	Clinical School
Metropolitan	MCS	Ref				Ref				Ref				Ref
	RCS-1 year	2.44	1.38	4.32	0.002	4.20	1.63	10.82	0.003	2.08	0.77	5.60	0.15	2.45	0.66	9.05	0.18
	RCS-2 years	5.82	2.99	11.34	<0.001	11.55	3.88	34.35	<0.001	5.67	1.85	17.37	0.002	1.92	0.35	10.46	0.45
Rurala	MCS	2.13	1.20	3.79	0.01	2.64	0.91	7.65	0.07	2.47	1.07	5.72	0.04	0.90	0.18	4.47	0.89
	RCS-1 year	7.35	3.95	13.68	<0.001	9.63	3.30	28.07	<0.001	8.82	3.09	25.19	<0.001	4.48	1.09	18.46	0.04
	RCS-2 years	20.17	10.53	38.63	<0.001	21.18	6.96	64.44	<0.001	22.94	7.70	68.39	<0.001	11.21	2.34	53.64	0.002
Vocation
-Specialist		Ref
-Family/General Practice		3.50	2.37	5.18	<0.001
-Prevocational		1.31	0.79	2.16	0.30

^a Resided at least five years since beginning primary school in locations classified as rural, prior to commencing medical school.

^b Reference group.

^c Metropolitan Clinical School.

^d Rural Clinical School.