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2. Age and intention to Migrate
Respondents in this study are of different ages. So, as shown in figure 4 (in the
appendix), 26% of respondents’ ages are between 25 and 30 years old, 49% between 31
and 45 years old, and 25% are above 46 years old. It is expected that young people have
more intention to migrate for many reasons, including health, less responsibilities, and
higher motivation to make a good career even outside home countries. In order to test this
assumption, a logistic regression is performed with age as an independent variable and
intention to migrate as a dependent variable (a dummy variable). The independent
variable “age” is the average age for each age category.
Results
The results are shown in the following table.
Table II.2.3.2: Logit regression Output (Age VS Intention to migrate)
Regression Output
Coefficient df P-Value
Age -.043 1 .071
Constant 2.854 1 .004
The results show that there is a significant causal relationship between age and intention
to migrate (P-Value < 0.1). So, age is negatively related to intention to migrate
(coefficient = -0.43). These results support our initial hypothesis and suggest that the
higher the age of the medical doctor, the less is his intention to migrate.
3. Workplace and salaries
Respondents to this questionnaires work in public as well as in private hospitals. The
questionnaire data indicate that 26% of respondents work in private hospitals (or have
their own cabinet) and 74% work in public hospitals (as shown in figure 5 in the
appendix). The Data show also that 42% of respondents are general practitioners while
58% are specialists (as shown in figure 6 in the appendix).
One of the questions in the survey is about the rating of current salaries of respondents
(very good, good, or poor). The records, as shown in figure 7 (in the appendix), indicate
that 62% of respondents rate their current salaries as poor, 27% as good, and 4% as very
good. The remaining 7% did not answer to this question. However, the rating of current
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