Table 3.
Factors associated with intention to work in the rural areas as expressed by undergraduate health professions students prior to having a COBERS placement in 2012
| Variables | Bivariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cOR | 95% CI | p value | aOR | 95% CI | p value | |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Female | 0.6 | 0.4–0.9 | 0.008 | 1.3 | 0.5–3.3 | 0.587 |
| Childhood home | ||||||
| Kampala | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Urban out of Kampala | 3.6 | 2.2–5.8 | 0.001 | 3.5 | 1.1–11.3 | 0.034 |
| Rural Uganda | 6.6 | 4.0–10.9 | 0.001 | 4.7 | 1.5–15.0 | 0.010 |
| Other country | 3.8 | 0.5–27.6 | 0.195 | 3.1 | 0.1–4.5 | 0.328 |
| Response is disagree | 1 | 1 | ||||
| High salary | 0.5 | 0.3–0.8 | 0.005 | 0.5 | 0.1–2.2 | 0.373 |
| Being posted in rural area | 7.4 | 4.5–12.3 | 0.001 | 4.8 | 2.3–9.7 | 0.001 |
| Access to long distance courses | 1.7 | 1.2–2.4 | 0.005 | 2.3 | 1.0–5.8 | 0.050 |
| Extra allowance | 0.4 | 0.3–0.7 | 0.001 | 0.2 | 0.1–0.6 | 0.004 |
| Availability of social amenities | 0.3 | 0.1–0.6 | 0.001 | 0.2 | 0.1–0.7 | 0.012 |