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Table 5 Adjusted association of different factors with rural location choice

From: What factors influence the choice of urban or rural location for future practice of Nepalese medical students? A cross-sectional descriptive study

Variables

Unadjusted OR

AOR (95% CI)

Pvalue

Place of birth

 Urban

-

-

-

 Rural

4.520

0.755 (0.220–2.584)

0.655

Place of rearing

 Urban

-

-

-

 Rural

5.720

4.520 (1.247–5.451)

0.021*

Permanent address

 Urban

-

-

-

 Rural

6.979

0.740 (0.285–1.921)

0.537

Source of family income

 Agriculture

-

-

-

 Business

0.322

1.326 (0.281–6.265)

0.722

 Service (public and private)

0.444

1.248 (0.270–5.771)

0.777

Occupation of father

 Agriculture

-

-

-

 Business

2.454

1.327 (0.250–7.041)

0.740

 Service (public and private)

0.748

0.689 (0.154–3.082)

0.626

Wealth ranking

 Lower wealth rank

-

-

-

 Middle wealth rank

2.045

1.651 (0.807–3.379)

0.170

 Higher wealth rank

1.571

1.451 (0.655–3.214)

0.359

Type of school for secondary education

 Private school

-

-

-

 Public school

4.247

1.704 (0.851–3.409)

0.132

Location of secondary education

 Urban location

-

-

-

 Rural location

6.979

3.706 (1.787–7.687)

<0.001*

Type of higher secondary education

 10 + 2

-

-

-

 I. Sc.

2.707

1.415 (0.723–2.770)

0.311

College for higher sec. education

 Private college

-

-

-

 Public college

3.068

1.149 (0.532–2.481)

0.724

Location of high. secondary education

 Urban location

-

-

-

 Rural location

3.611

0.540 (0.203–1.435)

0.217

  1. The symbol *Means it is statistically significant.