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Graduates’ attributes
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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)
|
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aStatistical significance over 95% level of confidence.
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n= total number of graduates choosing ‘Community hospitals’ in the questionnaire, NA = not applicable as dentists and pharmacists did not have CPIRD/ODOD admission programme.
