Table 2.
Logistic regression models examining the likelihood of matching to a first choice discipline in the first iteration
| Overall sample Model 1 | Competitive programs | Less competitive programs Model 3 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odds ratio (OR) | Confidence interval | Odds ratio (OR) | Confidence interva | Odds ratio (OR) | Confidence interval | ||||
| Number of applications submitted | 0.920*** | 0.915 | 0.926 | 0.923*** | 0.912 | 0.933 | 0.921*** | 0.914 | 0.928 |
| (0.003) | (0.005) | (0.004) | |||||||
| Number of volunteering activities | 0.991 | 0.982 | 1.000 | 0.999 | 0.984 | 1.015 | 0.988 | 0.976 | 1.000 |
| (0.005) | (0.008) | (0.006) | |||||||
| Number of research activities | 0.985*** | 0.978 | 0.992 | 0.982** | 0.970 | 0.993 | 0.982*** | 0.972 | 0.992 |
| (0.004) | (0.006) | (0.005) | |||||||
| Number of publications | 1.001 | 0.996 | 1.006 | 1.004 | 0.996 | 1.011 | 0.993 | 0.987 | 1.000 |
| (0.003) | (0.004) | (0.004) | |||||||
| Number of program ranks received | 1.185*** | 1.171 | 1.199 | 1.470*** | 1.430 | 1.511 | 1.120*** | 1.105 | 1.135 |
| (0.007) | (0.021) | (0.008) | |||||||
| Age (ref.: 26-29 years) | |||||||||
| < 25 | 1.042 | 0.920 | 1.181 | 1.041 | 0.852 | 1.270 | 0.932 | 0.787 | 1.103 |
| (0.066) | (0.106) | (0.080) | |||||||
| 30-34 | 0.983 | 0.850 | 1.136 | 0.816 | 0.643 | 1.035 | 1.202 | 0.987 | 1.464 |
| (0.073) | (0.099) | (0.121) | |||||||
| 35+ | 0.833 | 0.632 | 1.096 | 0.543* | 0.335 | 0.882 | 1.335 | 0.907 | 1.964 |
| (0.117) | (0.134) | (0.263) | |||||||
| Gender (ref.: Female) | |||||||||
| Male | 0.930 | 0.842 | 1.027 | 0.923 | 0.785 | 1.086 | 1.021 | 0.893 | 1.169 |
| (0.047) | (0.077) | (0.070) | |||||||
| Location of medical school (ref.: Ontario) | |||||||||
| West | 0.961 | 0.783 | 1.180 | 0.565*** | 0.405 | 0.788 | 1.423* | 1.081 | 1.872 |
| (0.101) | (0.096) | (0.199) | |||||||
| Quebec | 0.481*** | 0.386 | 0.598 | 0.465*** | 0.326 | 0.663 | 0.479*** | 0.358 | 0.641 |
| (0.054) | (0.084) | (0.071) | |||||||
| East | 0.837 | 0.679 | 1.030 | 0.562 | 0.401 | 0.789 | 1.123 | ||
| (0.089) | (0.097) | (0.159) | 0.851 | 1.481 | |||||
| Current year graduate (ref.: No) | |||||||||
| Yes | 1.142 | 0.881 | 1.480 | 1.160 | 0.784 | 1.717 | 0.764 | 0.513 | 1.140 |
| (0.151) | 0.232 | 0.156 | |||||||
| Constant | 6.084*** | 1.752*** | 18.630*** | ||||||
| (1.821) | (0.783) | (8.1722) | |||||||
| Model fit statistics | |||||||||
| Log-likelihood | -5275.446 | -1961.614 | -2986.948 | ||||||
| McFadden's R2 | 0.119 | 0.256 | 0.104 | ||||||
| N | 13449 | 5458 | 8041 | ||||||
Statistical significance: *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001
Standard errors are shown in parentheses. Ref. is reference category.