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

Predictor^a	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	<0.00001^b
Wanting to practice close to where they live or grew up	0.128	0.02	0.089	0.168	<0.00001^b
Has had at least one GP experience	0.365	0.061	0.245	0.485	<0.00001^b
Wanting to practice overseas	–0.107	0.022	–0.150	–0.065	<0.00001^b
Wanting to practice in the NHS	0.133	0.028	0.077	0.189	<0.00001^b
Personality trait: agreeable	0.131	0.028	0.075	0.187	<0.00001^b
Wanting to practice in the armed forces	–0.077	0.017	–0.111	–0.042	0.00001^b
Wanting to practice in the private sector	0.090	0.022	0.047	0.133	0.00004^b
Motivated by an economically secure occupation	0.099	0.026	0.049	0.150	0.00011^b
Motivated by a challenging role under pressure	–0.098	0.026	–0.150	–0.047	0.00019^b
Wanting to practice in an urban area	–0.11	0.03	–0.169	–0.050	0.00032^b
Motivated by being helpful to others and society	0.159	0.049	0.063	0.255	0.00116^b
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' ethnicity^c	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.