Table 2.

Logistic regression analysis predicting the enrolment into medical school (forced entry method)

Variables	β	SE	P value	OR	95% CI
Annual family income >18 million yen*	0.276	0.144	0.055	1.32	0.99 to 1.75
Physician parent	1.663	0.125	<0.01	5.27	4.13 to 6.74
Private upper secondary school	0.376	0.084	<0.01	1.46	1.24 to 1.72
Aspiration to the present profession during elementary school	1.247	0.146	<0.01	3.48	2.61 to 4.64
Family residency >1 million population	0.136	0.097	0.163	1.15	0.95 to 1.39

*ca. US$140 000.