Table 3 Results of multivariate regression analyses of influencing factors on students’ willingness to work in communities
From: Attitudes towards primary care career in community health centers among medical students in China
Binary logistic regression Base outcome: 0 = No 1 = Yes | Multinomial logistic regression Base outcome: 0 = No Outcome 1 = Conditional yes Outcome 2 = Yes | |||||
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Outcome 1 | Outcome 2 | |||||
Explanatory variables | Parameter (Std. Error) | Odds Ratio | Parameter (Std. Error) | Odds Ratio | Parameter (Std. Error) | Odds Ratio |
Intercept | 2.18*** (0.48) | 1.76*** (.50) | 0.97 (0.65) | |||
Gender | 0.16 (0.13) | 1.18 | 0.20 (0.13) | 1.22 | 0.03 (0.18) | 1.03 |
Place of rearing | 0.26* (0.13) | 1.29 | 0.22 (0.13) | 1.24 | 0.38* (0.18) | 1.47 |
Year of school | −0.22*** (0.05) | .81 | −0.24*** (0.05) | 0.79 | −0.14* (0.06) | 0.87 |
Know about GPs | 0.02 (0.13) | 1.02 | 0.03 (0.14) | 1.03 | 0.00 (0.18) | 1.00 |
Take GM class | 0.06 (0.17) | 1.06 | 0.07 (0.17) | 1.07 | .03 (.24) | 1.03 |
Income for GPs | 0.07 (0.07) | 1.08 | 0.04 (0.07) | 1.04 | 0.21* (0.10) | 1.23 |
Income for specialists | −0.10 (0.07) | 0.91 | −0.08 (0.08) | 0.92 | −0.17 (0.10) | 0.85 |
Importance of GP: less important | −0.10 (0.20) | 0.91 | −0.03 (0.21) | 0.97 | −0.35 (0.32) | 0.71 |
Importance of GP: not important | −0.65 (0.52) | 0.52 | −0.39 (0.51) | 0.68 | −1.87 (1.25) | 0.15 |
Social prestige | 0.00 (0.15) | 1.00 | -.06 (.17) | 0.94 | .23 (.21) | 1.26 |
Worth 5-year training | 1.40*** (0.13) | 4.07 | 1.26*** (.14) | 3.53 | 1.91*** (0.18) | 6.74 |
Community work condition | −0.25* (0.11) | .78 | −0.23* (0.11) | 0.80 | −0.31* (.14) | 0.73 |
Less stress | 0.00 (0.14) | 1.00 | 0.07 (0.15) | 1.07 | −0.18 (0.19) | 0.84 |
Gloomy career development | −0.31* (0.15) | 0.73 | −0.19 (0.16) | 0.83 | −0.62** (0.21) | 0.54 |
School: Medical II | −1.89*** (0.35) | 0.15 | −1.61*** (0.36) | 0.20 | −2.93*** (0.52) | 0.05 |
School: Medical III | −2.11*** (0.24) | 0.12 | −1.94*** (0.25) | 0.14 | −2.62*** (0.29) | 0.07 |
Academic performance: good | 0.50* (0.23) | 1.65 | 0.49* (0.23) | 1.64 | 0.50 (0.37) | 1.65 |
Academic performance: normal | 0.37 (0.23) | 1.45 | 0.28 (0.24) | 1.33 | 0.68 (0.37) | 1.97 |
Academic performance: poor | 0.18 (0.33) | 1.20 | 0.00 (0.35) | 1.00 | 0.65 (0.47) | 1.92 |