Table 2 Characteristics of the graduates’ population that responded YES for the outcome variable ‘I would like to work exclusively in PHC’, by weighted and unweighted frequencies (confidence interval 95%)
Variables | N | Unweighted (sample) | Weighted (population) | Total sample | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | CI95% | % | CI95% | |||||
Lower | Upper | Lower | Upper | |||||
Sex | ||||||||
Female | 97 | 59.5% | 51.9% | 66.8% | 66.6% | 28.1% | 91.0% | 1 880 |
Male | 66 | 40.5% | 33.2% | 48.1% | 33.4% | 9.0% | 71.9% | 1 570 |
Trained in a medical school in the South East region | ||||||||
Yes | 50 | 30.7% | 24.0% | 38.0% | 61.7% | 25.1% | 88.6% | 1 665 |
No | 113 | 69.3% | 62.0% | 76.0% | 38.3% | 11.4% | 74.9% | 1 785 |
Type of medical school | ||||||||
Private | 92 | 56.4% | 48.8% | 63.9% | 71.7% | 36.8% | 91.6% | 1 909 |
Public | 71 | 43.6% | 36.1% | 51.2% | 28.3% | 8.4% | 63.2% | 1 541 |
Family income > 10 minimum salary | ||||||||
Yes | 68 | 42.8% | 35.3% | 50.5% | 43.8% | 37.2% | 50.6% | 1 898 |
No | 91 | 57.2% | 49.5% | 64.7% | 56.2% | 49.4% | 62.8% | 1 476 |
Father or mother with tertiary education | ||||||||
Yes | 110 | 67.5% | 60.0% | 74.3% | 69.1% | 65.3% | 72.7% | 2 723 |
No | 53 | 32.5% | 25.7% | 40.0% | 30.9% | 27.3% | 34.7% | 726 |
Type of secondary school attended | ||||||||
Mostly in public school(s) | 48 | 29.8% | 23.2% | 37.2% | 27.7% | 21.1% | 35.5% | 584 |
Mostly in private school(s) | 113 | 70.2% | 62.8% | 76.8% | 72.3% | 64.5% | 78.9% | 2 830 |
Factors for deciding to remain in the job | ||||||||
Having a career development plan | ||||||||
Yes | 39 | 24.5% | 18.3% | 31.6% | 24.2% | 18.3% | 31.3% | 1 594 |
No | 120 | 75.5% | 68.4% | 81.7% | 75.8% | 68.7% | 81.7% | 1 799 |
Quality of life | ||||||||
Yes | 71 | 44.7% | 37.1% | 52.4% | 39.0% | 30.0% | 48.9% | 2 333 |
No | 88 | 55.3% | 47.6% | 62.9% | 61.0% | 51.1% | 70.0% | 1 060 |
Incentivising factors | ||||||||
Preference for working in the public sector | ||||||||
Yes | 100 | 61.7% | 54.1% | 69.0% | 67.2% | 58.9% | 74.6% | 1 729 |
No | 62 | 38.3% | 31.0% | 45.9% | 32.8% | 25.4% | 41.1% | 1 697 |
Interaction with people | ||||||||
Yes | 112 | 71.8% | 64.4% | 78.4% | 72.0% | 66.3% | 77.0% | 2 403 |
No | 44 | 28.2% | 21.6% | 35.6% | 28.0% | 23.0% | 33.7% | 944 |
Opportunity for treating diseases and resolving health problems | ||||||||
Yes | 92 | 59.0% | 51.1% | 66.5% | 58.2% | 45.1% | 70.3% | 2 548 |
No | 64 | 41.0% | 33.5% | 48.9% | 41.8% | 29.7% | 54.9% | 799 |
The profession’s liberal and independence characteristics | ||||||||
Yes | 28 | 17.9% | 12.5% | 24.5% | 17.4% | 12.7% | 23.3% | 1 076 |
No | 128 | 82.1% | 75.5% | 87.5% | 82.6% | 76.7% | 87.3% | 2 271 |
Physician’s social responsibility | ||||||||
Yes | 58 | 37.2% | 29.9% | 44.9% | 43.9% | 33.6% | 54.8% | 1 175 |
No | 98 | 62.8% | 55.1% | 70.1% | 56.1% | 45.2% | 66.4% | 2 172 |