Table 1 Characteristics of respondent doctors working in Maluku Province
| Â | Na (%) |
|---|---|
Medical training history | |
 Medical school origin | |
  All else | 227 (70) |
  Pattimura University | 97 (30) |
 Community exposure during medical training | |
  No | 9 (3) |
  Yes | 315 (97) |
 Indicated impact of community exposureb | |
  Negative | 34 (12) |
  Passive | 155 (54) |
  Positive | 98 (34) |
 Rural exposure | |
  No | 33 (11) |
  Yes | 254 (89) |
Demographic variables | |
 Gender | |
  Male | 76 (29) |
  Female | 183 (71) |
 Age (23–66 years, mean 33.4 STDEV 8.4) | |
  Less than mean | 157 (65) |
  More than mean | 84 (35) |
 Marital status | |
  Married | 133 (51) |
  Unmarried | 126 (49) |
 Have child/ren under care | |
  Yes | 107 (41) |
  No | 152 (59) |
 Rural born | |
  No | 189 (76) |
  Yes | 60 (24) |
 Province of birth is Maluku | |
  No | 89 (36) |
  Yes | 159 (64) |
 Rural living experience | |
  No | 147 (59) |
  Yes | 102 (41) |
 Length of rural living experience | |
  Less than 10 years | 179 (72) |
  Minimum of 10 years | 69 (28) |
Employment variables | |
 Employment status | |
  Permanent | 117 (44) |
  Temporary | 149 (56) |
 Specialisation in medicine | |
  General practitioner (GP) | 249 (86) |
  Medical specialist | 39 (14) |
 Length of work since graduationc | |
  More than 5 years | 117 (41) |
  Up to 5 years | 171 (59) |
 Length of work in current practicec | |
  More than 5 years | 86 (30) |
  Up to 5 years | 202 (70) |
 Monthly salary (Mean IDR 5,917,765, Stdev 4,575,245) | |
  IDR 6 million and less | 178 (67) |
 (IDR 1 million–IDR 29 million) | |
  Greater than IDR 6 million | 88 (33) |
 Additional practice | |
  No | 182 (68) |
  Yes | 84 (32) |
 Take-home payd (Mean IDR 11,928,497, Stdev 13,390,630) | |
  IDR 12 million and less | 182 (69) |
 (IDR 1.5 million–IDR 150 million) | |
  Greater than IDR 12 million | 83 (31) |
Outcome variables | |
 Current practice is in rural and remote Maluku areas | |
  No | 118 (41) |
  Yes | 169 (59) |
 Preferred future location of practicee | |
  Outside Maluku | 58 (23) |
  Urban Maluku | 128 (52) |
  Rural Maluku | 62 (25) |