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Table 4 Influencing factors of career intention according to the multinomial logistic regression analysis

From: Final-year pharmacy undergraduate students’ career intention and its influencing factors: a questionnaire study in northwest China

Variablesa

Rural public medical institution

Urban public hospital

Other sectors in the pharmacy-related field

Other fields

OR

95% CI

P

OR

95% CI

P

OR

95% CI

P

OR

95% CI

P

Self-gratification Factor

1.140

0.816–1.592

0.443

2.096

1.323–3.321

0.002**

0.851

0.472–1.534

0.592

1.260

0.665–2.388

0.478

Employment guidance

            

 Yes

0.984

0.459–2.017

0.966

0.829

0.325–2.112

0.694

2.141

0.486–9.440

0.315

0.142

0.034–0.591

0.007**

 No (Ref)

  

  

  

  

Father’s education level

 Compulsory

1.854

0.937–3.667

0.076

1.323

0.555–3.155

0.527

0.296

0.080–0.902

0.033*

1.426

0.311–6.533

0.648

 Above (Ref)

  

  

  

  

Monthly household income per capitab

Low

5.213

2.301–11.810

< 0.001***

2.699

0.870–8.369

0.086

2.106

0.581–7.629

0.257

5.003

0.837–29.898

0.078

 Middle

1.042

0.465–2.336

0.920

2.880

1.021–8.121

0.046*

0.441

0.100–1.939

0.279

2.994

0.502–17.884

0.228

 High (Ref)

  

  

  

  

Whose opinions were considered most during job selection

Others

2.593

1.007–6.681

0.048*

6.926

2.308–20.779

0.001**

2.820

0.589–13.512

0.195

5.000

0.794–31.466

0.086

Parents

3.417

1.585–7.366

0.002**

3.949

1.473–10.589

0.006**

0.914

0.252–3.320

0.891

5.660

0.944–33.947

0.058

 Oneself (Ref)

  

  

  

  

Gender

 Male

0.996

0.434–2.283

0.992

0.382

0.109–1.331

0.131

0.684

0.145–3.235

0.632

4.782

1.163–20.404

0.030*

 Female (Ref)

            
  1. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001; Ref: reference of the independent variable
  2. aThe reference group of the dependent variable was the pharmaceutical industry
  3. bMonthly household income per capita: low level (< 1000 yuan); middle level (1000–1999 yuan); high level (≥ 2000 yuan)