Correlations between the variables of the study
| Variable | Overall experience | Expatriate community | Language barrier | Acceptance by locals | Access to healthcare | Social influences | Work conditions | Working hours | Work environment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall experience | 1.00 | .52* | .39* | .18* | .37* | .51* | .45* | .47* | .51* |
| Expatriate community | 1.00 | .43* | .18* | .49* | .73* | .50* | .50* | .55* | |
| Language barrier | 1.00 | .26* | .56* | .83* | .48* | .43* | .*50 | ||
| Acceptance by locals | 1.00 | .24* | .50* | .28* | .23* | .29* | |||
| Access to healthcare | 1.00 | .77* | .52* | .51* | .55* | ||||
| Social influences | 1.00 | .62* | .57* | .65* | |||||
| Work conditions | 1.00 | .63* | .88* | ||||||
| Working hours | 1.00 | .91* | |||||||
| Work environment | 1.00 | ||||||||
| * Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). For practical significance of the correlation, if correlation coefficient is <0.30: Weak correlation, 0.30-0.49: Moderate correlation, 0.50+: Strong correlation | |||||||||
Model fit information for the primary factor ordinal regression conducted
| Model Fitting Information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model | -2 Log Likelihood | Chi-Square | df | Sig. |
| Intercept only | 420.24 | |||
| Final | 282.51 | 137.73 | 6 | 0.00* |
| Link function: Logit | ||||
| Marked effects (*) are significant at p < .05 | ||||
Tests of model effects and parameter estimates for the primary factors
| Model Fitting Information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model | -2 Log Likelihood | Chi-Square | df | Sig. |
| Intercept only | 420.24 | |||
| Final | 267.42 | 152.82 | 11 | 0.00* |
| Link function: Logit | ||||
| Marked effects (*) are significant at p < .05 | ||||
Tests of model effects and parameter estimates for the secondary factors
| Parameter Estimates | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parameter | B | Std. Error Wald Chi-Square | Hypothesis Test | Exp(B) - Odds Ratio Lower | 95% Wald Confidence Interval for Exp(B) | ||||
| df | Sig. | Upper | |||||||
| Threshold | [Overall experience=1.00] | 10.81 | 1.58 | 46.61 | 1 | 0.00 | 2224.60 | 1104698.20 | |
| [Overall experience=2.00] | 13.05 | 1.68 | 60.60 | 1 | 0.00 | 463320.00 | 17351.00 | 12372093.26 | |
| The presence of an expatriate community | 0.81 | 0.32 | 6.58 | 1 | 0.01* | 2.26 | 1.21 | 4.20 | |
| The potential influence of a language barrier | 0.57 | 0.36 | 2.43 | 1 | 0.12 | 1.76 | 0.87 | 3.58 | |
| Acceptance by locals | -0.00 | 0.24 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.99 | 1.00 | 0.62 | 1.59 | |
| Access to healthcare | -0.50 | 0.30 | 2.83 | 1 | 0.09 | 0.61 | 0.34 | 1.09 | |
| Working hours | -0.06 | 0.35 | 0.03 | 1 | 0.87 | 0.94 | 0.47 | 1.89 | |
| Work conditions | 0.24 | 0.39 | 0.36 | 1 | 0.55 | 1.27 | 0.59 | 2.75 | |
| (Scale) | 1a | ||||||||
| Dependent Variable: Overall experience | |||||||||
| Model: (threshold), expatriate community, language barrier, acceptance by locals, access to healthcare, working hours, work conditions | |||||||||
| Fixed at the displayed value | |||||||||
| Marked effects (*) are significant at p < .05 | |||||||||