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Table 2 Respondent characteristics

From: Tackling brain drain at Chinese CDCs: understanding job preferences of public health doctoral students using a discrete choice experiment survey

n = 106

n

%

Age(year), Mean ± SD

28.0(± 3.2)

 

Gender

 Male

35

33.0

 Female

71

67.0

Place of origin

 Rural

46

43

 Urban

60

57

Marital status

 Single

83

78.3

 Married

23

21.7

Monthly consumption (CNY)a

 < 1500

20

18.9

 1500–2500

45

42.5

 2500–3500

18

17.0

 3500–4500

7

6.6

 4500–5500

2

1.9

 > 5500

14

13.2

Annual family income (CNY)

 < 50,000

15

14.2

 50,000–100,000

34

32.1

 100,000–150,000

16

15.1

 150,000–200,000

13

12.3

 200,000–250,000

11

10.4

 250,000–300,000

4

3.8

 > 300,000

13

12.3

Will you take a job related to your major after graduation?

 Yes

94

88.7

 No

1

0.9

 Not sure

11

10.4

Career planning (multiple-choice: frequency)

 University or scientific research institution

76

29.1

 Hospital

62

23.8

 CDC

35

13.4

 Government agency

41

15.7

 Pharmaceutical company

43

16.5

 Others

4

1.5

  1. SD standard deviation, CNY Chinese yuan, CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. aAccording to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) data (https://data.oecd.org/conversion/exchange-rates.htm), the average annual exchange rate between US$ and CNY in 2020 was: US$1 = CNY 6.901