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Table 5 Salaries and other factors predicting decisions to migrate (N = 694)

From: Migration of South African health workers: the extent to which financial considerations influence internal flows and external movements

 

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

 

OR

95%CI

OR

95%CI

OR

95%CI

Monthly Salaries

      

R20000+ ($2857)

      

R2000-6000 ($285-$856)

1.51

0.37 - 6.16

1.91

0.31 - 1.71

2.25

0.23 - 2.51

R6000-10000 ($856-$1428)

1.79

0.46 - 6.91

2.68

0.45 - 5.06

3.95

0.49 - 3.67

R10000-20000 ($1428-$2857)

0.71

0.19 - 2.63

1.88

0.34 - 4.21

4.19+

0.53 - 3.78

Social Economic Characteristics

      

Job Title

      

(Medical Doctors)

      

Professional Nurses

  

0.55

0.08 - 3.73

0.38

0.04 - 3.53

Enrolled Nurses

  

0.53

0.07 - 3.88

0.77

0.08 - 7.35

Nursing Assistants

  

0.67

0.07 - 5.63

1.39

0.11 - 7.16

Current Age

  

0.95***

0.92 - 0.97

0.93***

0.88 - 0.97

Currently Married

  

1.02

0.59 - 1.75

1.34

0.65 - 2.75

Female

  

0.65

0.23 - 1.98

1.27

0.35 - 4.53

(Lower Sec + upper and vocation)

  

1.21

0.62 - 2.38

1.36

0.57 - 3.23

Work Experience and Perceptions

      

Average Hours of Work Per Week

    

0.99

0.95 - 1.03

Length of Time Worked

    

0.61

0.26 - 1.14

Does Not Have a Heavy Workload

    

1.11

0.92 - 1.34

Not Stressed at Work

    

0.46**

0.21 - 1.01

No Job Satisfaction

    

3.58***

1.72 - 4.54

Log Likelihood

−276.956

−168.221

−106.84

Pseudo-R2

0.016

0.033

0.0085

N

487

318

239

  1. Notes: Reference category in parenthesis.
  2. Significant at + p < 0.1, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.
  3. OR: Odds ratios among lower and higher salary earners and other SES and work experience variables.
  4. CI: Confidence interval at 95%.