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Table 2 Odds ratios (95%CI) of change of career intention for socio-demographic characteristics in logistic regression models

From: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on career intention amongst undergraduate medical students: a single-centre cross-sectional study conducted in Hubei Province

Variable

Adjusted OR (95%CI)

P (Wald’s test)

P (LR-test)

Age (year)

1.07 (0.91,1.27)

0.397

0.405

Sex

 Male

Reference

 

0.137

 Female

0.72 (0.47,1.11)

0.133

Residency

 Hubei rural

Reference

 

0.427

 Hubei urban

0.82 (0.52,1.31)

0.414

 Rural other than Hubei

1.04 (0.63,1.72)

0.877

 Urban other than Hubei

0.6 (0.3,1.17)

0.135

Educational level of parents

 Middle school or below

Reference

 

0.78

 High school

1.12 (0.72,1.73)

0.616

 College

0.99 (0.49,2.00)

0.983

 University or above

1.32 (0.75,2.35)

0.337

Family monthly income (CYN)

  <¥3000

Reference

 

0.55

 ¥3000-¥5999

1.02 (0.63,1.64)

0.937

 ¥6000-¥11,999

0.79 (0.45,1.39)

0.416

 ≥¥12,000

0.64 (0.28,1.47)

0.294

Monthly expense (CYN)

  <¥500

Reference

 

0.53

 ¥500-¥999

0.59 (0.26,1.36)

0.217

 ¥1000-¥1499

0.68 (0.3,1.58)

0.374

 ≥¥1500

0.83 (0.32,2.15)

0.703

Grade

 Grade 1

Reference

 

0.014

 Grade 2

1.89 (1.09,3.26)

0.023

 Grade 3

1.15 (0.6,2.22)

0.673

 Grade 4

1.07 (0.5,2.29)

0.864

 Grade 5

2.43 (1.01,5.86)

0.048

Major

 Clinical medicine

Reference

 

0.095

 Nursing

1.29 (0.83,2.02)

0.256

 Others

0.62 (0.31,1.26)

0.186

Time of concern about COVID-19 (minutes)

  <5

Reference

 

0.076

 5-9

0.5 (0.29,0.87)

0.014

 10-29

0.71 (0.44,1.15)

0.166

 ≥30

0.83 (0.49,1.41)

0.500

Regard healthcare as a dangerous job

 No

Reference

 

0.036

 Yes

1.49 (1.02,2.16)

0.039

Have relatives with medical background

 No

Reference

 

0.051

 Yes

1.53 (1.01,2.32)

0.047

Parents’ attitude towards learning medical

 Support

Reference

 

0.232

 Neutral

1.18 (0.8,1.75)

0.402

 Against

1.99 (0.9,4.41)

0.089

Level of impact brought by COVID-19

1.11 (0.99,1.23)

0.065

0.067

  1. Abbreviations: CYN, Currency in circulation in China