Willingness to work in rural areas and the role of intrinsic versus extrinsic professional motivations - a survey of medical students in Ghana

Table 4 Multivariate logistic regression results for strength of extrinsic motivation and willingness to work in a rural underserved area after graduation

	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3
	OR	CI	OR	CI	OR	CI
Strong Extrinsic Motivation	0.5	0.3-0.9	0.6	0.4-1.1	0.6	0.3-1.2
Demographics
Female			0.5	0.3-0.9	0.5	0.3-1.09
Age			1.2	1.00-1.5	1.1	0.9-1.4
Akan¹			0.8	0.5-1.4	0.6	0.3-1.1
High family PPES²			0.4	0.2-0.7	0.4	0.2-0.8
Married or in a relationship			0.8	0.5-1.4	0.9	0.5-1.7
Rural Exposure
Born in a rural area³					1.4	0.5-4.3
Lived in a rural area⁴					1.4	0.7-3.1
Exposed to rural service⁵					1.5	0.8-2.8
N	285		264		209
Likelihood Ratio χ², p	6.11, p = 0.01		33.03, p < 0.001		31.4, p < 0.001

1. Akan includes Asante, Fante, Kwahu, Akuapim, Bono, etc; Non-Akan includes Ga/Dangme, Ewe, Guan, Mole-Dagbani, Grussi, Gruma, and Hausa peoples
2. High family PPES: Mother and/or father is a University-trained Professional (e.g. doctor, lawyer, engineer, accountant, technical, etc); Low family PPES: Neither mother nor father is a University-trained Professional
3. Urban area defined as a place with more than 5,000 residents
4. From age five on
5. Participated in outreach or service in a deprived area during medical studies

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