Table 2. Predictors of having at least one GP experience (pooled results from 10 multiple imputations). Predictors ordered by significance level

Predictor^a	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	<0.0001^b
Attends a private school	0.50	0.12	1.65	1.31	2.08	<0.0001^b
Has at least one parent/carer in ‘professional’ socioeconomic group	0.48	0.12	1.62	1.28	2.05	0.0001^b
'Other' ethnicity^c	–0.99	0.31	0.37	0.20	0.67	0.0011^b
Attends a grammar school	0.28	0.13	1.33	1.02	1.72	0.0321^b
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.