Attitude towards working in rural areas: a cross-sectional survey of rural-oriented tuition-waived medical students in Shaanxi, China

Table 3 Policy satisfaction of RTMSs (N = 230)

Variable	Mean (S.D.)	Intention of breaking contract		Intention of remaining after contract expires
Variable	Mean (S.D.)	Correlation Coefficient	P-value	Correlation Coefficient	P-value
Satisfaction with policy publicity	2.19 (0.833)	- 0.188	0.002	0.017	0.784
Satisfaction with enrolment procedure	2.80 (1.097)	- 0.123	0.042	- 0.087	0.150
Satisfaction with employment contract	2.29 (1.108)	- 0.206	0.001	- 0.064	0.291
Satisfaction with educational scheme	2.18 (1.200)	- 0.189	0.002	0.303	0.000
Satisfaction with teachers	2.97 (1.144)	- 0.133	0.029	0.268	0.000
Satisfaction with living allowance	1.28 (0.547)	- 0.130	0.046	0.129	0.047
Satisfaction with work post after graduation	1.73 (0.946)	- 0.057	0.365	0.121	0.053
Satisfaction with ability to handle problems	1.48 (0.786)	- 0.077	0.228	0.149	0.019
Satisfaction with speed of handling problems	1.62 (0.799)	- 0.020	0.751	0.071	0.261