Intent to migrate among nursing students in Uganda: Measures of the brain drain in the next generation of health professionals

Table 1 Respondent personal characteristics

		Number of respondents	Percent of respondents
School	Aga Khan	95	60.1%
	Makerere	44	27.8
Program	Diploma	90	57.0
	Bachelor	39	24.7
Year in school	Year 1	26	34.8
	Year 2	57	16.5
	Year 3	20	36.1
Gender	Female	130	82.3
	Male	16	10.1
Marital status	Single	70	44.3
	Married	74	46.8
Area lived before age 17	City	61	38.6
	Rural	86	54.4
Ever live in rural area?	Yes	130	82.3
	No	18	11.4
Non-government primary school	Yes	73	46.2
	No	77	48.7
Father-tertiary education	Yes	102	64.6
	No	49	31.0
Mother-tertiary education	Yes	66	41.8
	No	85	53.8
From which region?	Northern	22	13.9
	Southern	4	2.5
	Western	30	19.0
	Eastern	27	17.1
	Central	64	40.5
Age Avg = 31.6	Age 20–30	51	32.3
	Age 31–40	54	34.2
	Age 41–50	15	9.5
	51 and over	3	1.9

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