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

Table 4 Standardized beta values in hierarchical regression predicting nursing career expectations with economic environment, health working conditions, and student backgrounds

	Economic I	Economic + HealthCon II	Economic + HealthCon + SBkGd III	Economic + HealthConr + SBkGd + GDP² IV	Economic + HealthCon + SBkGd + GDP² + inter’n V
GDP	.208	.085	.107	.192	.117
ExpendHealth	.417^c	.509^a	.533^a	.524^a	.575^b
Salary		− .271	− .256	− .259	.010
WorkHr		.023	− .023	− .010	.045
Injuries		.009	− .028	− .040	− .091
Nurse density		.158	.058	.030	− .120
VIncome		− .050	− .099	− .083	− .017
GirlPref			− .024	− .044	− .040
HSESPref			− .019	− .035	.000
HAcaPref			.109	.101	.142
GDP²				− .054	− .157
GDP × Salary					− .374^a
Multiple R	.458	.506	.514	.518	.577
R²	.210	.256	.264	.269	.333
Adjusted R²	.182	.158	.117	.105	.167

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