Table 2 Variables associated with the current rural and remote practice location
| Â | N valid cases | Location of practice | Univariate | Multivariate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rural (%) | Urban (%) | p* | OR (CI 95%) | p* | OR (CI 95%) | ||
Demography | |||||||
 Age (less than mean 33.35) | 240 | 73 (mean 32) | 53 (mean 36) | 0.002 | 2.36 (1.37–4.08) |  |  |
 Gender (female) | 258 | 70 | 73 | 0.616 | 0.87 (0.50–1.51) |  |  |
 Marriage status (single) | 258 | 54 | 39 | 0.022 | 1.81 (1.09–3.02) |  |  |
 Have child/ren under care (No) | 258 | 65 | 49 | 0.010 | 1.95 (1.17–3.02) |  |  |
Rural background | |||||||
 Rural born | 248 | 26 | 21 | 0.317 | 1.37 (0.74–2.54) |  |  |
 Province of birth is Maluku | 247 | 63 | 66 | 0.556 | 0.85 (0.50–1.46) |  |  |
 Have rural living experience | 248 | 44 | 36 | 0.232 | 1.38 (0.81–2.35) |  |  |
 More than 10 years of rural living experience | 100 | 52 | 50 | 0.477 | 1.24 (0.69–2.22) |  |  |
Medical training and community exposure | |||||||
 Pattimura medical school origin | 287 | 36 | 23 | 0.017 | 1.90 (1.12–3.24) |  |  |
 Multistages of learning using community exposure | 279 | 53 | 43 | 0.112 | 0.47 (0.09–2.36) |  |  |
 Positive impact of community exposure to medical practice | 245 | 43 | 34 | 0.187 | 1.42 (0.84–2.41) |  |  |
 Multi foci of community exposure | 279 | 73 | 64 | 0.100 | 1.54 (0.92–2.56) |  |  |
 Experienced rural exposure during medical training | 279 | 90 | 86 | 0.391 | 1.37 (0.66–2.85) |  |  |
Employment factors | |||||||
 Specialty in medicine (GP) | 287 | 90 | 81 | 0.037 | 2.05 (1.04–4.06) | 0.044 | 3.49 (1.03–11.8) |
 Temporary employment status | 265 | 61 | 50 | 0.079 | 1.56 (0.95–2.57) |  |  |
 Monthly salary more than IDR 6 million | 265 | 46 | 13 | 0.000 | 5.97 (3.09–11.5) | 0.000 | 11.5 (4.24–31.1) |
 Having no additional practice | 265 | 23 | 45 | 0.000 | 2.73 (1.60–4.65) | 0.006 | 2.78 (1.34–5.78) |
 Monthly take home pay more than IDR 12 million | 265 | 35 | 24 | 0.046 | 1.76 (1.01–3.09) | 0.055 | 3.04 (0.98–9.44) |