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Table 2 Respondent characteristics (n, %)

From: Factors affecting job choice among physician anesthesia providers in Uganda: a survey of income composition, discrete choice experiment, and implications for the decision to work rurally

 

Salary

DCE

n = 37

n = 47

Median Age (range)

32 (29–65)

33 (30–52)

Male Sex

19 (0.51)

30 (0.64)

Marital status

  

 Cohabitating

2 (0.06)

5 (0.11)

 Divorced

1 (0.03)

 Married

18 (0.5)

26 (0.55)

 Single

15 (0.42)

16 (0.34)

Practice years

  

 < 1 year

4 (0.09)

 1–3

12 (0.35)

13 (0.28)

 3–5

11 (0.32)

14 (0.3)

 5–10

8 (0.24)

9 (0.19)

 > 10 years

3 (0.09)

7 (0.15)

Has joba

  

 Govt only

 

 Nongovt only

11 (0.30)

 

 Both

26 (0.70)

 

 Nonclinical

20 (0.54)

 

Number of jobs (mean)

1.9

 
  1. aThe clinical job categories of “government”, “nongovernment”, and “both” are exclusive; respondents could only select one. 54% also selected nonclinical work, which was in addition to their clinical jobs