The Brain Drain Potential of Students in the African Health and Nonhealth Sectors

Table 6

Student emigration potential.

	Health sector students (%)	Other students (%)
Consideration given to emigration
A great deal	54	46
Some	35	36
None at all	11	18
Likelihood of emigration (likely/very likely)*
Six months after graduation	35	41
Two years after graduation	65	58
Five years after graduation	65	62
Applied or applying for documentation
Work permit	21	20
Permanent residence	10	11
Citizenship	11	12
N	609	7,124

*Two responses from five-point Likert scale reported.