Table 2

Results of multiple logistic regression analysis of associations between Manitoba medical graduate demographic, practice, and location characteristics, and the choice of Manitoba as first practice location: Analysis based on data from 260 respondents with complete information on all variables in the model.

CHARACTERISTIC	FIRST PRACTICE LOCATION, N		ODDS RATIO (95% CI)	P VALUE
CHARACTERISTIC	IN MANITOBA (N = 136)	OUTSIDE MANITOBA (N = 124)	ODDS RATIO (95% CI)	P VALUE
Graduate demographic characteristics
• Race or ethnicity
-Visible minority	15	39	0.36 (0.15–0.84)	.018
-Aboriginal	6	1	3.00 (0.10–93.44)	.530
-White^*	115	84	1.00	NA
• Place of birth
-Within Manitoba	106	71	1.91 (0.82–4.46)	.135
-Outside Manitoba^*	30	53	1.00	NA
• Place of high school graduation
-Within Manitoba	117	88	1.51 (0.56–4.09)	.419
-Outside Manitoba^*	19	36	1.00	NA
• Age at graduation from medical program^†	136	124	1.01 (0.92–1.11)	.869
• Years since medical graduation^†	136	124	0.82 (0.72–0.95)	.007
• Current occupation
-Medical practice	83	91	1.08 (0.41–2.88)	.870
-Residency training including fellowships^*	53	33	1.00	NA
Practice characteristics
• Good on-call schedule
-High rating^‡	107	103	0.49 (0.20–1.21)	.123
-Low rating^*‡	29	21	1.00	NA
• Supportive of applicants with children
-High rating^‡	78	59	1.12 (0.54–2.31)	.755
-Low rating^*‡	58	65	1.00	NA
• Being near family or friends
-High rating^‡ (Manitoba residency)	101	19	20.74 (9.52–45.17)	< .001
-Low rating^‡ (Manitoba residency)	9	8	4.77 (1.34–17.01)	.016
-Low rating^‡ (residency outside Manitoba)	4	20	0.84 (0.23–3.03)	.787
-High rating^‡ (residency outside Manitoba)^*	22	77	1.00	NA

NA—not applicable.
↵* Reference category.
↵† Continuous variable.
↵‡ A high rating was a score of 4 or 5 on the 5-point scale of importance. A low rating was a score of 1, 2, or 3 on the 5-point scale.