Table 4 Determinants of job preferences for all cadres

 Rural (ref)

–

–

–

 Urban

1.39

1.11–1.75

0.01

  Base salary (ref)

–

–

–

  Base salary + 20% rural allowance

1.19

1.00–1.43

0.05

  Base salary + 25% rural allowance

1.41

1.15–1.73

< 0.01

  Base salary + 30% rural allowance

1.52

1.25–1.86

< 0.01

  0% scholarship after 2 years (ref)

–

–

–

  75% scholarship after 3 years

1.25

1.06–1.48

0.01

  100% scholarship after 4 years

1.98

1.69–2.33

< 0.01

  Basic allowance (ref)

–

–

–

  Basic housing

1.12

0.91–1.37

0.29

  Superior housing

5.04

4.12–6.18

< 0.01

  Superior allowance

1.44

1.22–1.70

< 0.01

  None (ref)

–

–

–

  Available

1.45

1.27–1.65

< 0.01

  Inadequate (ref)

–

–

–

  Adequate

1.10

0.96–1.26

0.18

  Basic allowance (ref)

–

–

–

  Basic housing

0.88

0.73–1.05

0.17

  Superior housing

2.21

1.86–2.62

< 0.01

  None (ref)

–

–

–

  Available

1.31

1.15–1.50

< 0.01

  Inadequate (ref)

–

–

–

  Adequate

1.39

1.21–1.59

< 0.01

  Number of participants

474

  Number of observations

9 316

  Log likelihood

−2 793.05

  Pseudo R²

0.1349

  Prob > chi-square

< 0.001