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Table 2 Descriptive statistics for final year students in health worker training programs in Uganda, 2010

From: Preferences for working in rural clinics among trainee health professionals in Uganda: a discrete choice experiment

 

Medical

Nursing

Pharmacy

Laboratory

 

(N = 246)

(N = 132)

(N = 50)

(N = 57)

 

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

Demographics

        

 Female

84

(34.2)

93

(70.5)

16

(32.0)

9

(15.8)

 Age

        

  18 – 24

177

(72.0)

55

(41.7)

38

(76.0)

48

(84.2)

  25 – 34

66

(26.8)

54

(40.9)

11

(22.0)

7

(12.3)

  35 – 44

3

(1.2)

18

(13.6)

1

(2.0)

2

(3.5)

  45 – 54

0

(0.0)

4

(3.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

  55+

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

 Currently married

10

(4.1)

45

(34.1)

1

(2.0)

2

(3.5)

 Has children

17

(6.9)

53

(40.2)

4

(8.0)

3

(5.3)

 Lived in rural area at least 1 year

133

(54.1)

114

(86.4)

31

(62.0)

52

(91.2)

University program and work experience

        

 Form of tuition payment

        

  Sponsored by government of Uganda

176

(71.5)

24

(18.2)

27

(54.0)

21

(36.8)

  Sponsored by other group

8

(3.3)

5

(3.8)

5

(10.0)

13

(22.8)

  Pay out-of-pocket

61

(24.8)

100

(75.8)

18

(36.0)

23

(40.4)

 Years of work experience, mean (SD)

0.2

(1.1)

4.2

(6.8)

0.1

(0.3)

0.7

(2.9)

 Worked in a rural area

9

(3.7)

47

(35.6)

0

(0.0)

5

(8.8)

 Worked in rural area as part of school program

241

(98.0)

111

(84.1)

35

(70.0)

32

(56.1)

 Working in rural area after graduation

        

  Very unlikely

34

(13.8)

6

(4.5)

6

(12.0)

3

(5.3)

  Unlikely

81

(32.9)

28

(21.2)

23

(46.0)

10

(17.5)

  Likely

103

(41.9)

73

(55.3)

19

(38.0)

34

(59.7)

  Very likely

22

(8.9)

24

(18.2)

2

(4.0)

9

(15.8)

Preferences for job posting

        

 Would consider working in a rural area

        

  Yes

230

(93.5)

127

(96.2)

48

(96.0)

56

(98.3)

  No

15

(6.1)

3

(2.3)

2

(4.0)

1

(1.8)

  1. Note: values may not add to total N due to missing responses (refusal to answer).