Table 4 Association between rural preference and graduates’ attributes: a univariable analysis
Graduates’ attributes | Having rural preference (serving community hospitals) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Doctor (%) | Dentist (%) | Pharmacist (%) | |
< n= 390> | < n= 133> | < n= 121> | |
Sex | P value = 0.577 | P value = 0.553 | P value = 0.803 |
● Male | 154 (39.8) | 42 (31.6) | 25 (20.7) |
● Female | 233 (60.2) | 91 (68.4) | 96 (79.3) |
Hometown area | P value = 0.205 | P value = 0.052 | P value = 0.055 |
● Urban | 289 (74.9) | 97 (73.5) | 50 (41.3) |
● Rural | 97 (25.1) | 35 (26.5) | 71 (58.7) |
School location | P value = 0.250 | P value = 0.151 | P value = 0.957 |
● Bangkok and vicinity | 220 (59.6) | 85 (63.9) | 4 (3.3) |
● Upcountry | 149 (40.4) | 48 (36.1) | 117 (96.7) |
Mode of admission | P value = 0.044a | P value = 0.466 | P value = 0.147 |
● National entrance examination | 94 (24.2) | 60 (45.1) | 79 (65.3) |
● Direct admission | 165 (42.4) | 55 (41.4) | 25 (20.7) |
● CPIRD/ODOD | 98 (25.2) | NA | NA |
● Others (for example, special quota) | 32 (8.2) | 18 (13.5) | 17 (14.0) |
Parents’ education | P value = 0.658 | P value = 0.529 | P value = 0.751 |
● At least bachelor degree | 279 (72.1) | 90 (68.2) | 72 (60.0) |
● Below bachelor degree | 108 (27.9) | 42 (31.8) | 48 (40.0) |
Parents’ career | P value = 0.172 | P value = 0.084 | P value = 0.708 |
● Civil servant | 192 (49.2) | 71 (53.4) | 70 (60.3) |
● Not civil servant | 198 (50.8) | 62 (46.6) | 46 (39.7) |