Table 4 Relationship between socio-demographic and training characteristics and migration intentions of doctors undergoing residency and internship training in public tertiary hospitals in Ekiti State
Socio-demographic factors | Intention to migrate abroad as a doctor to practice? n = 182 (%) | Statistics χ2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | Total | ||
Age group (years) | ||||
 ≤ 34 years | 89 (65.9) | 21 (44.7) | 110 (60.4) | χ2 = 6.581 p = 0.010* df = 1 |
 35 years and above | 46 (34.1) | 26 (55.3) | 72 (39.6) | |
Sex | ||||
 Male | 96 (71.1) | 28 (59.6) | 124 (68.1) | χ2 = 2.137 p = 0.144 df = 1 |
 Female | 39 (28.9) | 19 (40.4) | 58 (31.9) | |
Ethnicity | ||||
 Yoruba | 126 (93.3) | 40 (85.1) | 166 (91.2) | LR = 4.738 p = 0.094 df = 2 |
 Igbo | 7 (5.2) | 3 (6.4) | 10 (5.5) | |
 Others | 2 (1.5) | 4 (8.5) | 6 (3.3) | |
Religion | ||||
 Christianity | 128 (94.8) | 42 (89.4) | 170 (93.4) | LR = 2.675 p = 0.263 df = 2 |
 Islam | 6 (4.4) | 5 (10.6) | 11 (6.0) | |
 Other | 1 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.6) | |
Marital status | ||||
 Single | 67 (49.6) | 16 (34.1) | 83 (45.6) | LR = 5.8157 p = 0.055 df = 2 |
 Married | 68 (50.4) | 30 (63.8) | 98 (53.9) | |
 Divorced | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.1) | 1 (1.6) | |
Self-assessed economic status | ||||
 Lower | 5 (3.7) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (2.8) | LR = 4.607 p = 0.203 df = 3 |
 Lower middle | 56 (41.5) | 25 (53.2) | 81 (44.5) | |
 Upper middle | 69 (51.1) | 21 (44.7) | 90 (49.4) | |
 Upper | 5 (3.7) | 1 (2.1) | 6 (3.3) | |
Teaching hospital | ||||
 EKSUTH Ado-Ekiti | 49 (36.3) | 15 (31.9) | 64 (35.2) | χ2 = 0.294 p = 0.588 df = 1 |
 FETH Ido-Ekiti | 86 (63.7) | 32 (68.1) | 118 (64.8) | |
Type of training | ||||
 Internship | 58 (43.0) | 15 (31.9) | 73 (40.1) | χ2 = 1.771 p = 0.183 df = 1 |
 Residency | 77 (57.0) | 32 (68.1) | 109 (59.9) | |
Residency training (n = 109) | ||||
 Junior | 56 (72.7) | 11 (34.4) | 67 (61.5) | χ2 = 14.039 p < 0.001* df = 1 |
 Senior | 21 (27.3) | 21 (65.6) | 42 (38.5) | |
Level of job satisfaction | ||||
 Unsatisfied | 29 (21.5) | 4 (8.5) | 33 (18.1) | χ2 = 11.522 p = 0.003* df = 2 |
 Undecided | 44 (32.6) | 8 (17.0) | 52 (28.6) | |
 Satisfied | 62 (45.9) | 35 (74.5) | 97 (53.3) | |