Migration intentions of Asian and African medical students educated in China: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Students’ migration intentions

Migration intentions	Respondents	%
Return intentions (n = 266)
Students intending to return to the home country ^a	124	46.62
Students choosing home country as short-term destination	149	56.02
Students choosing home country as permanent destination	188	70.68
Students expressing an interest to stay outside the home country ^b	142	53.38
Students choosing a foreign country as short-term destination	117	43.98
Students choosing a foreign country as permanent destination	78	29.32
Intentions to migrate to an HIC (n = 142)
Students expressing an interest to go to an HIC ^c	88	61.97
Students choosing an HIC as short-term destination	56	39.44
Students choosing an HIC as permanent destination	60	42.25
Students intending to go to an LMIC ^d	54	38.03
Students choosing an LMIC as short-term destination	61	42.96
Students choosing an LMIC as permanent destination	18	12.68

^a“Students intending to return to the home country” referred to those who chose the home country both as short-term and permanent destinations
^b“Students expressing an interest to stay outside the home country” referred to those who chose a foreign country either as short-term or permanent destination
^c“Students expressing an interest to go to an HIC” referred to those who chose an HIC outside the home country either as short-term or permanent destination
^d“Students intending to go to an LMIC” referred to those who chose an LMIC outside the home country both as short-term and permanent destinations

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