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Table 2 Rural attitude, perceived confidences, and intention to public work of participants, percent

From: A final-year nursing student survey: rural attitudes, perceived competencies and intention to work across five Asian countries

 

Bangladesh

China

India

Thailand

Vietnam

1. Positive attitude towards …

 Rural working

No

46.3

60.7

32.9

35.0

50.2

Yes

53.7

39.3

67.1

65.1

49.8

 Role of School in preparing to work in rural areas

No

21.2

69.0

37.4

52.2

68.8

Yes

78.8

31.0

62.6

47.8

31.2

2. Perceived confidence in …

 Critical thinking competency

No

15.8

48.0

50.2

34.5

43.9

Yes

84.2

52.0

49.8

65.5

56.1

 Professional competency

No

35.3

48.8

51.4

42.4

55.0

Yes

64.7

51.2

48.6

57.6

45.0

 Leadership competency

No

40.3

41.3

41.9

26.5

57.1

Yes

59.7

58.7

58.1

73.4

42.9

 Management competency

No

21.2

35.7

39.4

20.8

42.3

Yes

78.8

64.3

60.6

79.2

57.7

 Lifelong-learning competency

No

11.7

23.8

21.9

8.3

20.2

Yes

88.3

76.2

78.1

91.7

79.8

3. Intention to ‘pro-public’ work (job preference)

 Immediate

No

44.0

16.2

58.5

32.3

13.5

Yes

56.0

83.8

41.5

67.7

86.5

 For next 5 years

No

33.7

36.5

61.5

38.3

17.6

Yes

66.3

63.5

38.5

61.7

82.4