Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of all variables used in the analyses
| Overall sample characteristics | Competitive Programs |
Less competitive Programs |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Percent (%) | Mean | Mean | |
| Number of applications submitted | 19.49 | 12.73 | 18.25 | 20.32 | |
| Number of volunteering activities | 7.94 | 5.41 | 8.02 | 7.89 | |
| Number of research activities | 8.16 | 6.73 | 8.83 | 7.70 | |
| Number of publications | 8.60 | 10.37 | 9.82 | 7.76 | |
| Number of program ranks received | 11.21 | 7.97 | 9.18 | 12.59 | |
| Age (in years) | % | % | |||
| <=25 | 22.13 | 24.77 | 20.33 | ||
| 26-29 | 60.00 | 59.53 | 60.32 | ||
| 30-34 | 14.97 | 13.63 | 15.88 | ||
| 35+ | 2.90 | 2.07 | 3.47 | ||
| Gender | |||||
| Female | 55.29 | 49.43 | 56.49 | ||
| Male | 44.71 | 50.57 | 43.51 | ||
| Location of medical school | |||||
| Ontario | 41.17 | 39.50 | 42.31 | ||
| West | 33.04 | 32.58 | 33.35 | ||
| Quebec | 18.00 | 19.27 | 17.14 | ||
| East | 7.79 | 8.65 | 7.20 | ||
| Current year graduate | |||||
| No | 2.63 | 3.37 | 67.87 | ||
| Yes | 97.37 | 96.63 | 2.13 | ||
| Program competitiviness | |||||
| Competitive | 40.43 | ||||
| Less competitive | 59.57 | ||||
| Matched to first choice in first iteration | |||||
| No | 16.24 | 18.76 | 14.53 | ||
| Yes | 83.76 | 81.24 | 85.47 | ||
| Matched to any choice in first iteration | |||||
| No | 6.03 | 14.91 | 0.00 | ||
| Yes | 93.97 | 85.09 | 100.00 | ||
| Matched to any choice in first and second iterations | |||||
| No | 3.38 | 8.35 | 0.00 | ||
| Yes | 96.62 | 91.65 | 100.00 | ||
| N | 13499 | 13499 | 13499 | 5458 | 8041 |