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Table 4 Mixed logit estimates for MPH’s job preference

From: Job preferences of master of public health students in China: a discrete choice experiment

Attributes and levels

Mean

SD

Coefficient

p-value

Coefficient

p-value

ASC (out-put)

-6.334

< 0.001

3.181

< 0.001

Monthly income

0.000839

< 0.001

0.000326

< 0.001

Employment location (ref: Country)

 City

1.019

< 0.001

1.293

< 0.001

Bianzhi (ref: No)

    

 Yes

1.002

< 0.001

1.031

< 0.001

Working environment (ref: Relatively poor)

 Ordinary

0.543

< 0.001

-0.381

0.014

 Relatively good

0.951

< 0.001

-0.452

0.005

Career development prospects (ref: Relatively poor)

 Ordinary

0.564

< 0.001

-0.288

0.198

 Relatively good

1.046

< 0.001

0.698

< 0.001

Work value (ref: Low value)

 Ordinary

0.178

0.038

-0.065

0.692

 High value

0.526

< 0.001

-0.285

0.095

Sample size

327

Number of observations

11,772

Log likelihood

-2911

AIC

5862

BIC

6009

  1. SD, standard deviation; Likelihood simulated using 1000 Halton draws; AIC, Akaike information criterion; BIC, Bayesian information criterion