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Table 3 Mixed logit model results for medical and nursing students’ job preferences

From: Job preferences of medical and nursing students seeking employment in rural China: a discrete choice experiment

Attributes Parameter Medical students Nursing students
   Coefficients a SE Coefficients SE
Salary b
 Salary Mean 0.000285*** 0.00 0.000290*** 0.00
Education opportunity c
 Once every 2 years Mean 0.035 0.043 0.061 0.039
SD 0.002 0.091 0.120 0.163
 Once a year Mean 0.161*** 0.046 0.107** 0.042
SD 0.139 0.115 0.060 0.110
Transportation d
 Convenient Mean 0.235*** 0.037 0.359*** 0.041
SD 0.308*** 0.055 0.475*** 0.045
Job location e
 City Mean 0.218*** 0.055 0.231*** 0.049
SD 0.371*** 0.089 0.111 0.190
Workload f
 40 h per week Mean 0.153*** 0.046 0.227*** 0.044
SD 0.332*** 0.069 0.224*** 0.085
 60 h per week Mean −0.106** 0.043 −0.150*** 0.038
SD 0.013 0.105 0.054 0.138
Essential equipment g
 Adequate Mean 0.271*** 0.040 0.277*** 0.033
SD 0.475*** 0.045 0.284*** 0.050
Patient–doctor relationships h
 Quarrel Mean −0.351*** 0.049 −0.255*** 0.048
SD 0.081 0.195 0.122 0.136
 Physical conflict Mean −0.893*** 0.064 −0.498*** 0.056
SD 0.714*** 0.068 0.445*** 0.071
 Suit Mean −0.884*** 0.071 −0.497*** 0.054
SD 0.830*** 0.079 0.346*** 0.089
Bianzhi i
 Have Bianzhi Mean 0.411*** 0.046 0.454*** 0.039
SD 0.635*** 0.047 0.465*** 0.044
 Constant   0.118 0.034 −0.059 0.034
Number of respondents   388 399
Number of observations   15,520 15,960
Log likelihood   − 4464.6944 − 4583.6866
LR chi-square   275.86 124.41
Prob > chi-square   0.0000 0.0000
  1. ***P < 0.01, **P < 0.05
  2. SD Standard deviation, SE Standard error
  3. aThe coefficient represents the mean relative utility of each attribute conditional on other attributes in a choice set, while the standard deviation of the random coefficients reflects the degree of heterogeneity in respondent preferences for a given attribute
  4. bContinuous variable; the coefficient represents the magnitude of increase in utility by having one extra RMB
  5. cCompared with once every 5 years
  6. dCompared with inconvenient transportation
  7. eCompared with rural job location
  8. fCompared with 50 h per week
  9. gCompared with inadequate essential equipment
  10. hCompared with no quarrel, physical conflict and suit
  11. iCompared with no Bianzhi