Table 3 Factors associated with medical students’ intention to leave the health sector in Uganda after graduation, 2013. (n = 255)

Categories

OR (95 % CI)

P value

OR (95 % CI)

P value

MakCHS^*

1

1

MUST^**

1.82 (0.69 – 4.80)

0.226

1.09 (0.37 – 3.20)

0.874

Gulu

1.61 (0.61 – 4.21)

0.335

KIU^***

0.76 (0.20 – 2.92)

0.987

0.41 (0.03 – 6.06)

0.520

0.96 (0.86 – 1.08)

0.516

Female

1

1

Male

1.01 (0.43 – 2.38)

0.981

0.89 (0.30 – 2.66)

0.833

Single

1

1

Married

0.60 (0.19 – 1.92)

0.393

0.50 (0.11 – 2.33)

0.379

Lower class

1

1

Lower middle

0.33 (0.10 – 1.06)

0.062

0.15 (0.04 – 0.67)

0.012

Upper middle

0.36 (0.11 – 1.25)

0.108

0.21 (0.05 – 0.94)

0.041

Upper class

3.40 (0.62 – 18.75)

0.160

2.38 (0.36 – 15.6)

0.365

0.78 (0.35– 1.74)

0.543

0.30 (0.10 – 0.88)

0.029

2.95 (1.28 – 6.81)

0.011

3.22 (1.15 – 9.06)

0.026