Table 1. Predictors of finding general practice appealing as a future career (pooled results from 10 multiple imputations). Predictors ordered by significance level.

Predictora	Unstandardised estimate (b)	SE	Lower 95% CI	Upper 95% CI	P value
Intercept	2.060	0.392	1.292	2.827	<0.00001
Wanting to practice in rural location	0.153	0.021	0.111	0.194	<0.00001b
Wanting to practice close to where they live or grew up	0.128	0.02	0.089	0.168	<0.00001b
Has had at least one GP experience	0.365	0.061	0.245	0.485	<0.00001b
Wanting to practice overseas	–0.107	0.022	–0.150	–0.065	<0.00001b
Wanting to practice in the NHS	0.133	0.028	0.077	0.189	<0.00001b
Personality trait: agreeable	0.131	0.028	0.075	0.187	<0.00001b
Wanting to practice in the armed forces	–0.077	0.017	–0.111	–0.042	0.00001b
Wanting to practice in the private sector	0.090	0.022	0.047	0.133	0.00004b
Motivated by an economically secure occupation	0.099	0.026	0.049	0.150	0.00011b
Motivated by a challenging role under pressure	–0.098	0.026	–0.150	–0.047	0.00019b
Wanting to practice in an urban area	–0.11	0.03	–0.169	–0.050	0.00032b
Motivated by being helpful to others and society	0.159	0.049	0.063	0.255	0.00116b
Asian ethnicity	0.165	0.054	0.059	0.270	0.0022
Has had at least one hospital experience	–0.146	0.048	–0.240	–0.051	0.00247
GCSE points	–0.005	0.002	–0.008	–0.001	0.00705
Personality trait: conscientious	–0.075	0.028	–0.131	–0.020	0.00782
Wanting to practice in a deprived area	0.063	0.024	0.016	0.110	0.00846
Motivated by expressing own values and interests	–0.062	0.026	–0.112	–0.012	0.01487
'Other' ethnicityc	0.272	0.113	0.050	0.493	0.01643
Personality trait: neurotic	–0.042	0.018	–0.079	–0.006	0.02197
Attends a private school	–0.145	0.065	–0.273	–0.018	0.0259
Personality trait: extraverted	–0.042	0.019	–0.080	–0.004	0.03175
Black ethnicity	0.151	0.086	–0.017	0.319	0.07784
Wanting to practice in an affluent area	0.044	0.029	–0.012	0.100	0.12622
Attends a grammar school	–0.096	0.069	–0.231	0.040	0.16673
Motivated by opportunities to travel	–0.011	0.023	–0.056	0.033	0.62023
Mixed ethnicity	0.039	0.106	–0.169	0.247	0.71371
Total number of experiences related to medicine	–0.002	0.012	–0.025	0.021	0.88662
Personality trait: open	–0.002	0.022	–0.044	0.041	0.94475

^aReference category for ethnic groups = White ethnic group; reference category for school type = state-funded school. ^bBonferroni corrected significance level = 0.0017. ^cIncludes Arab ethnicity. SE = standard error.