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ArticleHuman resources for health2019

Job preferences of undergraduate nursing students in eastern China: a discrete choice experiment.

Tongtong Liu, Shunping Li, Renyong Yang, Shimeng Liu, Gang Chen

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Tongtong LiuThe Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266000, China.
Shunping LiSchool of Health Care Management, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China. lishunping@sdu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-8144-6220
Renyong YangJining Medical University, Jining, 272067, China.
Shimeng LiuSchool of Health Care Management, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China.
Gang ChenCollege of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, 5042, Australia.

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backgroundShortage and mal-distribution of nursing human resources is an intractable problem in China. There is an urgent need to explore the job preferences of undergraduate nursing students. The main aim of this study is to investigate the stated preferences of nursing students when choosing a job.

methodsA discrete choice experiment (DCE) was conducted to assess job preferences of the final year undergraduate nursing students from four medical universities/colleges in Shandong Province, China. Job attributes include location, monthly income, bianzhi (which refers to the established posts and can be loosely regarded as state administrative staffing), career development and training opportunity, work environment and working strength. Mixed logit models were used to analyze the DCE data.

resultsA total of 445 undergraduate nursing students were included in the main DCE analysis. They demonstrated higher preference for a job with higher monthly income, and the probability of choosing a rural job would increase to 92.8% if monthly income increased from RMB 2000 (US$ 296) to RMB 8000 (US$ 1183). They expressed higher stated preferences for a job which required light working strength and with excellent work environment over other non-economic attributes. Among all attributes, location was the least important attribute. Subgroup analysis showed that students who came from city or county and whose family income was more than RMB 50 000 (US$ 7396) were significantly willing to pay more monthly income for a job in city.

conclusionsThis study confirmed that economic and non-economic factors both affected the job choices of the students. These results may be more effective for policymakers to perfect the employment policies and design strategies to attract more nursing students taking jobs in rural areas.

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AttitudeCareer ChoiceChoice BehaviorMotivationRural Health ServicesRural PopulationStudents, NursingAdultChinaFemaleHealth Services AccessibilityHealth WorkforceHumansIncomeMaleNursesChinaDiscrete choice experimentsJob preferencesUndergraduate nursing students

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PMCPMC6318922

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