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Table 2 Multivariate logistic regression models of predictors of willingness to leave government service if an opportunity arose

From: To serve or to leave: a question faced by public sector healthcare providers in Pakistan

Variable

Adjusted odds ratio (95 % CI)

Cadre

Male medical officers

1.00

Lady health Visitors

0.42 (0.269–0.660) ***

Specialists

0.66 (0.360–1.215)

Nurses

0.26 (0.114–0.603) ***

Women medical officers

0.92 (0.505–1.693)

Technicians/dispensers

0.77 (0.494–1.20)

Medical superintendents

0.64 (0.222–1.823)

Promotion

Yes

1.00

No

1.03 (0.74–1.42)

Experience, years

Less than 5

1.00

5–10

1.20 (0.71–2.02)

11–15

0.90 (0.52–1.56)

16–20

1.07 (0.62–1.83)

21 and above

0.75 (0.453–1.24)

Region

Punjab North

1

Punjab South

1.79 (1.04–3.09) **

Sindh

2.16 (1.23–3.82) **

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

2.84 (1.59–5.05) ***

Federally Administered Tribal Areas

2.77 (1.35–5.71) **

Gilgit Baltistan

3.34 (1.67–6.67) ***

Azad Jammu and Kashmir

4.33 (2.49–7.54) ***

Balochistan

4.21 (2.41–7.33) ***

Satisfaction with Annual Confidential Report

Yes

1.00

No

1.67 (1.18–2.40) ***

Political interference

No

1.00

Yes

1.44 (1.05–1.98) **

Satisfaction with salary

Yes

1.00

No

2.03 (1.47–2.81) ***

  1. **P <0.05, ***P <0.01.