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Table 3 Multiple logistic regression analysis of factors associated with career preference,career perspective and workplace preference

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

Career preference

Career perspective

Ideal workplace

Adjusted OR(95%CI)

P

Adjusted OR (95%CI)

P

Adjusted OR(95%CI)

P

Age (year)

0.97 (0.82,1.16)

0.768

0.97 (0.87,1.08)

0.565

1.17 (1.03,1.34)

0.018

Sex

 Male

Reference

0.990

Reference

0.252

Reference

0.587

 Female

1.00 (0.63,1.59)

1.17 (0.89,1.54)

0.90 (0.62,1.31)

Residency

 Hubei rural

Reference

0.199

Reference

0.018

Reference

0.657

 Hubei urban

1.02 (0.65,1.6)

0.69 (0.52,0.92)

0.83 (0.57,1.21)

 Rural other than Hubei

1.10 (0.66,1.84)

0.76 (0.56,1.03)

1.01 (0.68,1.52)

 Urban other than Hubei

0.51 (0.24,1.08)

0.60(0.41,0.89)

0.76 (0.45,1.30)

Educational level of parents

 Middle school or below

Reference

0.344

Reference

0.879

Reference

0.136

 High school

1.13 (0.73,1.76)

1.04 (0.80,1.35)

1.04 (0.73,1.47)

 College

1.35 (0.69,2.65)

1.07 (0.71,1.61)

0.74 (0.40,1.38)

 University or above

1.68 (0.96,2.92)

0.91 (0.64,1.31)

1.49 (0.96,2.33)

Family monthly income (CYN)

  < ¥3000

Reference

0.187

Reference

0.448

Reference

0.329

 ¥3000-¥5999

0.71 (0.45,1.14)

0.88 (0.66,1.18)

0.94 (0.64,1.38)

 ¥6000-¥11,999

0.53 (0.31,0.94)

0.81 (0.58,1.13)

0.76 (0.48,1.19)

 ≥¥12,000

0.60 (0.26,1.36)

1.06 (0.65,1.72)

0.58 (0.29,1.15)

Monthly expense (CYN)

 <¥500

Reference

 

Reference

 

Reference

 

 ¥500-¥999

0.39 (0.18,0.84)

0.015

1.66 (0.86,3.21)

0.282

0.52 (0.26,1.01)

0.076

 ¥1000-¥1499

0.67 (0.31,1.46)

1.41 (0.72,2.75)

0.61 (0.31,1.21)

 ≥¥1500

0.44 (0.17,1.14)

1.36 (0.66,2.82)

0.88 (0.41,1.90)

Grade

 Grade 1

Reference

0.024

Reference

0.605

Reference

0.200

 Grade 2

2.21 (1.29,3.78)

1.16 (0.86,1.58)

1.54 (1.00,2.37)

 Grade 3

1.30 (0.67,2.55)

1.09 (0.75,1.57)

1.30 (0.79,2.13)

 Grade 4

1.64 (0.77,3.50)

1.25 (0.81,1.93)

1.04 (0.58,1.85)

 Grade 5

1.87 (0.69,5.02)

1.51 (0.86,2.67)

1.13 (0.51,2.47)

Major

 Clinical medicine

Reference

0.021

Reference

0.108

Reference

<  0.001

 Nursing

1.41 (0.90,2.21)

1.32 (1.01,1.73)

2.07 (1.42,3.03)

 Others

0.53 (0.24,1.16)

1.05 (0.73,1.51)

1.04 (0.61,1.77)

Time of concern about COVID-19(minutes)

  <5

Reference

0.216

Reference

0.945

Reference

0.919

 5-9

0.64 (0.38,1.08)

1.00 (0.72,1.40)

0.85 (0.55,1.32)

 10-29

0.59 (0.36,0.97)

1.05 (0.77,1.43)

0.91 (0.60,1.37)

 ≥30

0.72 (0.42,1.23)

0.96 (0.67,1.36)

0.92 (0.58,1.46)

Have relatives with medical background

 No

Reference

0.390

Reference

0.021

Reference

0.811

 Yes

1.21 (0.78,1.88)

1.37 (1.05,1.78)

1.05 (0.73,1.50)

Parents’ attitude toward learning medical

 Support

Reference

0.031

Reference

0.588

Reference

0.200

 Neutral

1.64 (1.13,2.38)

1.06 (0.84,1.35)

1.32 (0.97,1.79)

 Against

0.82 (0.28,2.37)

0.78 (0.43,1.42)

0.99 (0.46,2.14)

Level of impact

1.17 (1.06,1.30)

0.003

1.08 (1.01,1.15)

0.016

1.11 (1.02,1.21)

0.018

  1. Abbreviations: CYN, Currency in circulation in China