Table 3 Characteristics of included study participants and their association with working rurally
From: Rural medical workforce pathways: exploring the importance of postgraduation rural training time
Factor | Groups | MABEL—National graduates | UQMediCoS—UQ only graduates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | N (%) | Work rural (%) | N (%) | Work rural (%) |
|  |  | N = 1651 | 457 (28.1%) | N = 478 | 116 (24.9%) |
Specialty | GP | 802 (48.6%) | 310 (39.5%) | 174 (36.4%) | 67 (39.0%) |
| Â | Any other | 849 (51.4%) | 147 (17.4%) | 304 (63.6%) | 49 (16.7%) |
Rural BG | Yes | 386 (27.0%) | 174 (45.2%) | 117 (26.2%) | 44 (38.3%) |
| Â | No | 1044 (73.0%) | 219 (21.2%) | 330 (73.8%) | 63 (19.6%) |
MS rural training | 0Â years | XX | XX | 328(68.6%) | 58 (18.1%) |
| Â | 1Â year | XX | XX | 89 (18.6%) | 34 (39.1%) |
| Â | 2Â years | XX | XX | 61 (12.8%) | 24 (40.7%) |
| Â | Nil to 12Â weeks | 1181 (71.5%) | 300 (25.9%) | XX | XX |
|  | 3–12 months | 352 (21.3%) | 102 (29.1%) | XX | XX |
|  |  > 1 year | 118 (7.2%) | 55 (46.6%) | XX | XX |
PG rural training | Nil to 10% rural | 841 (56.6%) | 87 (10.4%) | 250 (53.9%) | 41 (16.9%) |
|  |  > 10 to 40% rural | 371 (25.0%) | 118 (32.1%) | 89 (19.2%) | 13 (15.3%) |
|  |  > 40% rural | 275 (18.5%) | 214 (78.4%) | 125 (26.9%) | 59 (47.6%) |
Gender | Male | 672 (40.7%) | 184 (27.7%) | 227 (47.5%) | 61 (27.5%) |
| Â | Female | 979 (59.3%) | 273 (28.3%) | 251 (52.5%) | 55 (22.5%) |
Rural bonded | Yes | 150 (9.1%) | 88 (59.5%) | 62 (13.0%) | 29 (47.5%) |
| Â | No | 1501 (90.9%) | 369 (24.9%) | 416 (87.0%) | 87 (21.5%) |
Age 28 + (grad) | Yes | 400 (25.9%) | 134 (34.0%) | 145 (30.3%) | 48 (34.3%) |
| Â | No | 1146 (74.1%) | 277 (24.4%) | 333 (69.7%) | 68 (20.9%) |