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Table 3 Mean ranks for the importance of intervention items by age category

From: What interventions do rural doctors think will increase recruitment in rural areas: a survey of 2778 health workers in Beijing

Intervention item

Mean rank (mean ± 95% CI)

>60 years old

40–60 years old

<40 years old

1. Retirement pension offered by government

1 (1.64 ± 0.09)

1 (1.70 ± 0.09)

1 (1.72 ± 0.09)

2. Increase income

2 (2.87 ± 0.10)

2 (2.99 ± 0.10)

2 (3.10 ± 0.10)

3. More training

3 (3.89 ± 0.11)

3 (3.60 ± 0.11)

3 (3.57 ± 0.11)

4. Reasonable workload and improved after-hours

4 (4.10 ± 0.09)

4 (4.12 ± 0.09)

4 (4.26 ± 0.09)

5. Improved working environment

5 (5.24 ± 0.08)

5 (5.33 ± 0.08)

5 (5.76 ± 0.08)

6. The more chance of launching successful careers

6 (5.92 ± 0.10)

6 (5.89 ± 0.10)

6 (5.56 ± 0.09)

  1. CI confidence interval.