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Table 3 Association of socio-demographic and economic factors with interest in public hospital pharmacist jobs

From: Factors associated with occupancy of pharmacist positions in public sector hospitals in Uganda: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Ever applied for public hospital job

Never applied for public hospital job

χ 2

p value

A. Socio-demographic factors

Age

    

 ≤35 years

27

14

1.49

0.22

 >35 years

16

15

  

Gender

    

 Male

32

21

0.04

0.85

 Female

11

8

  

Marital status

    

 Single

13

7

0.39

0.53

 Married

29

22

  

Geo-economic location of family

    

 Urban

35

22

0.25

0.62

 Rural

7

6

  

Geo-economic location of pharmacist’s childhood

    

 Urban

25

16

0.10

0.75

 Rural

16

12

  

B. Economic factors

    

Socio-economic status of family during A’Level education

    

 Low

23

10

2.77

0.10

 Middle or high

18

18

  

Wages are important in choice between public and private sector careers

    

 Yes

37

25

0.00

0.98

 No

6

4

  

A minimum salary of UGX 2,000,000 is needed to accept full time pharmacist job

    

 Yes

23

19

1.76

0.18

 No

5

1

  

Pharmacist has additional economic activities besides employment

    

 Yes

25

19

0.15

0.70

 No

16

10