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Table 4 Strength of association between growing up in a rural location and practicing in a rural location for Australian specialists

From: Nature of association between rural background and practice location: A comparison of general practitioners and specialists

Unrestricted specialists

Rural Background

Rural Practice (%)

Crude Odds Ratio (95% CI)

Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)

Childhood years resident in a rural area (0 years reference group)

0 years

16.2%

-

-

 

1-5 years

15.9%

0.98 (0.60, 1.60)

1.02 (0.62-1.69)

 

6-10 years

18.1%

1.15 (0.70, 1.87)

1.17 (0.72-1.92)

 

11-18 years

30.1%

2.24 (1.75, 2.87)

2.27 (1.77-2.91)

Male (72.0%)

Rural -22.1%

31.3%

2.09 (1.61, 2.71)

1.75 (1.34-2.27)

 

Metro -77.9%

17.9%

  

Female (28.0%)

Rural -22.5%

18.0%

1.66 (1.01, 2.73)

0.57 (0.44-0.74)

 

Metro -77.5%

11.7%

  

Under 40 (15.2%)

Rural -22.6%

17.1%

1.24 (0.64, 2.41)

0.85 (0.67-1.08)

 

Metro -77.4%

14.2%

  

40-49 (33.0%)

Rural -18.9%

27.7%

2.01 (1.32, 3.05)

1.06 (0.89-1.26)

 

Metro -81.1%

16.0%

  

50-59 (30.4%)

Rural -23.2%

33.1%

2.49 (1.68, 3.70)

1.12 (0.94-1.33)

 

Metro -76.8%

16.6%

  

60 and over (21.4%)

Rural -26.1%

26.6%

1.72 (1.07, 2.77)

0.98 (0.81-1.20)

 

Metro -73.9%

17.4%

  

Provide rural visiting service (37.7%)

Rural -21.8%

34.3%

2.58 (1.97, 3.38)

N/A

 

Metro -78.2%

16.8%

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