Table 2. Predictors of having at least one GP experience (pooled results from 10 multiple imputations). Predictors ordered by significance level.
| Predictora | Unstandardised estimate (b) | SE | OR | Lower 95% CI | Upper 95% CI | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number of experiences relating to medicine | 0.30 | 0.02 | 1.36 | 1.30 | 1.41 | <0.0001b |
| Attends a private school | 0.50 | 0.12 | 1.65 | 1.31 | 2.08 | <0.0001b |
| Has at least one parent/carer in ‘professional’ socioeconomic group | 0.48 | 0.12 | 1.62 | 1.28 | 2.05 | 0.0001b |
| 'Other' ethnicityc | –0.99 | 0.31 | 0.37 | 0.20 | 0.67 | 0.0011b |
| Attends a grammar school | 0.28 | 0.13 | 1.33 | 1.02 | 1.72 | 0.0321b |
| Mixed ethnicity | –0.42 | 0.24 | 0.66 | 0.41 | 1.05 | 0.0779 |
| Has at least one parent/carer who is a doctor | 0.23 | 0.14 | 1.26 | 0.96 | 1.66 | 0.0948 |
| Number of medical students or doctors the applicant knows | 0.07 | 0.04 | 1.07 | 0.99 | 1.16 | 0.098 |
| Mean GCSE points | 0.01 | 0.01 | 1.01 | 1.00 | 1.01 | 0.1263 |
| Black ethnicity | –0.27 | 0.18 | 0.76 | 0.53 | 1.08 | 0.1285 |
| Asian ethnicity | –0.05 | 0.11 | 0.95 | 0.77 | 1.18 | 0.6525 |
| Has had at least one hospital medicine experience | 0.03 | 0.10 | 1.03 | 0.85 | 1.25 | 0.7787 |
| Lives in a less deprived postcode | –0.01 | 0.02 | 1.00 | 0.96 | 1.03 | 0.851 |
| Number of other applicants to medicine that the applicant knows | 0.0007 | 0.04 | 1.00 | 0.92 | 1.08 | 0.9853 |
aReference category for ethnic groups is the White ethnic group; reference category for school type is state-funded school. bPredictors statistically significant at the Bonferroni corrected level = 0.0035. cIncludes Arab ethnicity. OR = odds ratio. SE = standard error.