Table 4 Variables associated with rural and remote preference among doctors who intended to remain practise in Maluku
| Â | N valid cases | Prefer RR Maluku for future practice | Univariate | Multivariate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes (%) | No (%) | p | OR (CI 95%) | p | OR (CI 95%) | ||
Demography status | |||||||
 Age (less than mean 33.35) | 231 | 77 | 62 | 0.039 | 2.02 (1.03–3.95) |  |  |
 Gender (female) | 248 | 76 | 68 | 0.231 | 1.49 (0.77–2.88) |  |  |
 Marriage status (single) | 248 | 57 | 48 | 0.271 | 1.38 (0.78–2.47) |  |  |
 Have child/ren under care (No) | 248 | 68 | 59 | 0.202 | 1.48 (0.81–2.72) |  |  |
Rural background | |||||||
 Rural born | 248 | 34 | 20 | 0.031 | 2.00 (1.06–3.77) |  |  |
 Province of birth is Maluku | 247 | 74 | 61 | 0.053 | 1.87 (0.99–3.56) |  |  |
 Have rural living experience | 248 | 41 | 36 | 0.009 | 2.16 (1.20–3.86) | 0.036 | 2.05 (1.05–3.99) |
 More than 10 years of rural living experience | 248 | 23 | 19 | 0.519 | 1.26 (0.63–2.53) |  |  |
Medical training and community exposure | |||||||
 Graduated from Pattimura University | 248 | 47 | 26 | 0.002 | 2.53 (1.39–4.59) |  |  |
 Multistages of learning using community exposure | 241 | 63 | 44 | 0.010 | 2.18 (1.20–3.98) |  |  |
 Indicated positive impact of community exposure to medical practice | 241 | 48 | 31 | 0.015 | 2.09 (1.15–3.79) | 0.033 | 2.08 (1.06–4.09) |
 Multifocal community exposure | 241 | 82 | 66 | 0.024 | 2.26 (1.10–4.67) |  |  |
 Experienced rural exposure during medical training | 241 | 90 | 87 | 0.507 | 1.38 (0.53–3.55) |  |  |
Employment factors | |||||||
 General practitioners | 248 | 94 | 82 | 0.031 | 3.13 (1,06–9.22) |  |  |
 Currently work in rural/remote Maluku | 248 | 90 | 54 | 0.000 | 7.72 (3.17–18.8) | 0.000 | 8.23 (3.27–20.8) |
 Temporary employment status | 247 | 65 | 54 | 0.160 | 1.53 (0.84–2.77) |  |  |
 Monthly salary more than IDR 6 million | 248 | 44 | 32 | 0.090 | 1.66 (0.92–3.00) |  |  |
 Having no additional practice | 248 | 76 | 66 | 0.135 | 1.64 (0.85–3.17) |  |  |
 Monthly take home pay more than IDR 12 million | 248 | 21 | 36 | 0.034 | 0.48 (0.24–0.93) | 0.005 | 0.30 (0.13–0.70) |