Attitudes toward working in rural areas of Thai medical, dental and pharmacy new graduates in 2012: a cross-sectional survey

Table 3 Proportion (%) of graduates selecting each reason as the greatest importance to the total graduates

List of reasons^a	Doctor	Dentist	Pharmacist
Close proximity of hometown	21.6	30.5	52.2
High income	5.7	22.1	14.2
Good support from colleagues	16.5	NA	NA
Gaining new experience	14.7	6.4	6.0
Well-known workplace	NA^†	6.9	4.0
Desired type of work	NA^†	8.9	14.6
High chance to pursue specialty training in the future	6.9	3.5	0.4
Appropriate workload	5.3	0.5	<0.1
Good environment	1.3	19.2	4.9
Having friend(s) to go with	11.4	NA²	NA²

^aOnly key reasons from the whole list of reasons in the questionnaire are shown.
NA = Not applicable as that reason did not present in the questionnaire for particular profession.

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