Attracting adolescents to become doctors and nurses: differential importance of personal and environmental factors in 61 economies

Table 3 Standardized beta values in hierarchical regression predicting medical career expectations with economic environment, health working conditions, and student backgrounds

	Economic I	Economic + HealthCon II	Economic + HealthCon + SBkGd III	Economic + HealthCon + SBkGd + GDP² IV	Economic + HealthCon + SBkGd + GDP² + inter’n V
GDP	− .278^a	− .032	− .156	− .379	− .351
ExpendHealth	− .174	.039	.158	.205	.215
Salary		.081	.037	.073	− .017
WorkHr		.388^a	.460^b	.438^a	.390^a
Injuries		− .329^a	− .518^c	− .497^c	− .574^c
Doctor density		− .257^a	− .250^a	− .170	− .092
VIncome		.079	− .131	− .153	− .188
GirlPref			.203	.162	.191
HSESPref			− .002	.032	.024
HAcaPref			.274	.325^a	.328^a
GDP²				.173^a	.137
GDP × Injuries					− .342^b
Multiple R	.321	.561	.646	.679	.734
R²	.103	.315	.417	.461	.539
Adjusted R²	.072	.224	.300	.340	.423

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