The wrong table was published for this paper by James and Driver (7 August 1999, pp 351-2). The correct table is published below. The results in the text of the paper, as well as the conclusions, remain unchanged.
Table.
Decision by ethnic group and sex. Values are numbers of applicants (percentages of each decision category; percentages of group)
| Decision category | Ethnic group
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Sex
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | Non-white* | Total | P value of white v non-white | Male | Female | Total | P value of male v female | ||
| Total No of applicants | 1954 (76.8) | 591 (23.2) | 2545† | 1279 (47.3) | 1422 (52.7) | 2701 | |||
| Rejection at: | |||||||||
| Academic stage | 400 (69.4; 20.5) | 176 (30.6; 29.8) | 576 (22.6) | <0.0001 | 346 (55.6; 27.1) | 276 (44.4; 19.4) | 622 (23.0) | <0.0001 | |
| Questionnaire stage | 826 (73.1; 42.2) | 304 (26.9; 51.4) | 1130 (44.4) | <0.0005 | 611 (51.5; 47.8) | 576 (48.5; 40.5) | 1187 (44.0) | <0.0005 | |
| Statement review | 341 (87.7; 17.5) | 48 (12.3; 8.1) | 389 (15.3) | <0.0001 | 155 (37.4; 12.1) | 259 (62.6; 18.2) | 414 (15.3) | <0.0005 | |
| Interview | 163 (83.2; 8.3) | 33 (16.8; 5.6) | 196 (7.7) | <0.05 | 76 (36.2; 5.9) | 134 (63.8; 9.4) | 210 (7.8) | <0.005 | |
| Offered a place | 224 (88.2; 11.5) | 30 (11.8; 5.1) | 254 (10.0) | <0.0005 | 91 (34.0; 7.1) | 177 (66.0; 12.5) | 268 (9.9) | <0.0005 | |
*
Asian (Bangledeshi, Chinese, Indian, Pakistani, other Asian) and black (African, Caribbean, other black).
†
Does not include 156 candidates whose ethnic group was not supplied to Universities and Colleges Admission Service.