Table 4.
Motivation for Staying or Leaving Iraq
| Most important N (%) |
Somewhat important N (%) |
Not very important N (%) |
Least important N (%) |
Total N (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motivation for Staying in Iraq | |||||
| To be with family and friends | 226 (54.1) | 116 (27.8) | 36 (8.6) | 40 (9.6) | 418 (100) |
| Familiar with health care system in Iraq | 104 (24.9) | 124 (29.7) | 71 (17.0) | 119 (28.5) | 418 (100) |
| Feel responsibility to help my country | 97 (23.2) | 144 (34.5) | 80 (19.1) | 97 (23.2) | 418 (100) |
| Positions I can get here are better than I can get outside of Iraq | 64 (15.3) | 127 (30.4) | 85 (20.3) | 142 (34.0) | 418 (100) |
| Personal life style in Iraq is what I like | 57 (13.6) | 108 (25.8) | 71 (17.0) | 182 (43.5) | 418 (100) |
| Motivation for Leaving Iraq | |||||
| Better personal lifestyle | 260 (62.2) | 95 (22.7) | 39 (9.3) | 24 (5.7) | 418 (100) |
| Avoid war and conflict | 253 (60.5) | 89 (21.3) | 40 (9.6) | 36 (8.6) | 418 (100) |
| Seek advanced training | 242 (57.9) | 107 (25.6) | 31 (7.4) | 38 (9.1) | 418 (100) |
| Better professional opportunities | 221 (52.9) | 122 (29.2) | 43 (10.3) | 32 (7.7) | 418 (100) |
| Better pay and working conditions | 151 (36.1) | 161 (38.5) | 70 (16.8) | 36 (8.6) | 418 (100) |
| To be with family | 143 (32.3) | 119 (28.5) | 59 (14.1) | 97 (23.2) | 418 (100) |
Data source is a 2015 survey of 418 medical students from three medical schools in Baghdad