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Table 3 Factors associated with intention to work in the rural areas as expressed by undergraduate health professions students prior to having a COBERS placement in 2012

From: Influence of community-based education on undergraduate health professions students’ decision to work in underserved areas in Uganda

Variables

Bivariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

cOR

95% CI

p value

aOR

95% CI

p value

Sex

 Male

1

  

1

  

 Female

0.6

0.4–0.9

0.008

1.3

0.5–3.3

0.587

Childhood home

 Kampala

1

  

1

  

 Urban out of Kampala

3.6

2.2–5.8

0.001

3.5

1.1–11.3

0.034

 Rural Uganda

6.6

4.0–10.9

0.001

4.7

1.5–15.0

0.010

 Other country

3.8

0.5–27.6

0.195

3.1

0.1–4.5

0.328

Response is disagree

1

  

1

  

 High salary

0.5

0.3–0.8

0.005

0.5

0.1–2.2

0.373

 Being posted in rural area

7.4

4.5–12.3

0.001

4.8

2.3–9.7

0.001

 Access to long distance courses

1.7

1.2–2.4

0.005

2.3

1.0–5.8

0.050

 Extra allowance

0.4

0.3–0.7

0.001

0.2

0.1–0.6

0.004

 Availability of social amenities

0.3

0.1–0.6

0.001

0.2

0.1–0.7

0.012