Practice intentions at entry to and exit from medical schools aspiring to social accountability: findings from the Training for Health Equity Network Graduate Outcome Study

Table 5 Predictors of intention to work in a rural location where binary variable is rural versus urban location^a

	Number in unadjusted analysis	Unadjusted odds ratios (95% CI; p-value)	Adjusted odds ratios (95% CI; p-value) (n = 1287)^b
Age	2686	1.02 (1.00–1.03; 0.071)	1.00 (o.98–1.03;NS)
Female	2724	1.29 (1.11–1.50; 0.001)	0.81 (0.64–1.02; 0.07)
Income bottom two quintiles	1752	2.13 (1.74–2.61; < 0.001)	1.82 (1.42–2.35; < 0.001)
Identify as underserved group	2442	1.92 (1.60–2.30; < 0.001)	0.92 (0.70–1.22; NS)
Rural background (Quintiles 1, 2 and 3)	2312	2.77 (2.34–3.29; < 0.001)	2.03 (1.59–2.58; < 0.001)
Attend a regionally-based medical school^c (ADZU, JCU and WSU)	2660	1.60 (1.50–1.17; < 0.001)	2.19 (1.69–2.84; < 0.001)

^aRural quintiles (1 = remote village, 2 = small rural town, 3 = large rural town) versus Urban quintiles (4 = major regional centre and 5 = major city or capital city). Excludes respondents from Ghent University
^bAdjusted odds ratio excludes respondents from Ghent, NOSM and SHS
^cClassification of regionally-based medical schools excluded NOSM and SHS on the grounds of insufficient sample size, and excluded Ghent due to differing concepts of rurality

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