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Table 1 Job characteristics presented in discrete choice experiment

From: Assessment of interventions to attract and retain health workers in rural Zambia: a discrete choice experiment

Attribute

Job attribute levels

Offered in rural job

Offered in urban job

Salary

• Base salary

 • Base salary, plus 20% rural allowance

 

 • Base salary, plus 25% rural allowance

 

 • Base salary, plus 30% rural allowance

 

Educational opportunities

• No scholarship after 2 years: guaranteed paid leave after 2 years with no government financial assistance for study

 • 75% scholarship after 3 years: guaranteed paid leave after 3 years with eligibility for (not guaranteed) 75% government scholarship for study

 

 • 100% scholarship after 4 years: guaranteed paid leave after 4 years with 100% government scholarship for study guaranteed

 

Housing

• Basic allowance offered (20% of base salary), but no housing provided

 • Basic housing provided (two bedrooms, outside bathroom, no electricity, water available through bore hole or hand pump)

 • Superior housing provided (three bedrooms, electricity, piped running water, self-contained master bedroom and security reinforcements)

 • Superior allowance offered (30% of base salary), but no housing provided

 

Transportation

• None: no access to ambulance or utility vehicle

 • Available: reliable access to ambulance and utility vehicle (motorbike/vehicle) for official facility use only

Medical equipment

• Inadequate: standard list of medical equipment at health facility not always available

 • Adequate: standard list of medical equipment at health facility always available