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Table 3 POMs describing associations between respondent demographic characteristics and factors important to motivating them to migrate to New Zealand (quality of life in New Zealand, their training and development goals and a desire to leave the UK NHS)

From: What motivates doctors to leave the UK NHS for a “life in the sun” in New Zealand; and, once there, why don’t they stay?

 

Quality of life

Training and development goals

Desire to leave NHS

 

OR

95% CI

P

OR

95% CI

P

OR

95% CI

P

Gender

         

 Female

Reference

      

 Male

1.07

0.73–1.58

0.7197

1.03

0.73–1.44

0.8857

1.27

0.91–1.76

0.1566

Age

         

 20–30

Reference

      

 31–40

0.78

0.41–1.45

0.4253

1.55

0.89–2.72

0.1253

0.60

0.35–1.01

0.0564

 41–50

0.33

0.12–0.92

0.0350*

1.01

0.42–2.43

0.9885

0.61

0.25–1.48

0.2673

 51–60

0.08

0.02–0.29

0.0001*

0.22

0.07–0.67

0.0082*

0.24

0.08–0.76

0.0149*

 61+

0.05

0.01–0.21

0.0001*

0.15

0.04–0.55

0.0045*

0.22

0.06–0.83

0.0266*

Years practising

         

 5 or less years

Reference

      

 6–10 years

0.97

0.51–1.85

0.9354

0.79

0.45–1.39

0.4113

1.38

0.81–2.36

0.2378

 11–15 years

0.84

0.36–1.99

0.6944

0.60

0.28–1.30

0.1966

1.16

0.56–2.39

0.6912

 16–20 years

1.63

0.52–5.22

0.4082

0.26

0.10–0.70

0.0071*

0.80

0.30–2.12

0.6611

 21 or more years

3.64

1.08–12.54

0.0384*

0.29

0.10–0.81

0.0177*

1.25

0.45–3.49

0.6683

Main job

         

 General practitioner

Reference

      

 Hospital specialist

0.67

0.37–1.22

0.1985

1.54

0.94–2.55

0.0894

1.44

0.88–2.36

0.1419

 Registrar

0.40

0.21–0.75

0.0051*

2.24

1.30–3.86

0.0035*

1.21

0.72–2.05

0.4755

 Other

0.53

0.26–1.10

0.0911

1.66

0.88–3.11

0.1151

0.64

0.35–1.18

0.1543

  1. Gender, age (categorized), years practising (categorized) and main job were included as variables in each multivariate POM.
  2. *P < 0.05.