Educational Attainment | 3/5 best A-levels/Highers | UKCAT total score | Overall medical school | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
(zEducational Attainment) | (Alevels_TotalBest | (zUKCATtotal) | score (OverallScore) | ||
SQAhighers_TotalBest) | |||||
Demographic measures | UK national (UK) | .008 | .000/-.042 | .060 *** | -.007 |
(3,432) | (2,764/769) | (4,811) | (4,811) | ||
Male (UCAS.Male) | -.037 * | .026/.058 | .061 *** | -.039 ** | |
(3,432) | (2,764/769) | (4,742) | (4,742) | ||
Aged 21+ (Cand.AgeGT21) | n/a | n/a | -.060 *** | .080 *** | |
(4,766) | (4,766) | ||||
Aged 30+ (Cand.Age30plus) | n/a | n/a | -.023 | -.003 | |
(4,766) | (4,766) | ||||
Ethnic2 (non-White) (UCAS.Ethnic2) | -.053 ** | -.062 **/-.033 | -.141 *** | -.142 *** | |
(3,221) | (2,549/766) | (4,149) | (4,149) | ||
School measures | Selective schooling (SelectiveSchool) | .051 ** | .038 */.120 *** | .075 *** | -.101 *** |
(3,432) | (2,764/769) | (4,811) | (4,811) | ||
DfES value added KS 5 (DFESshrunkVA) | -.012 | .012/n/a | -.014 | -.049 * | |
(2,092) | (2,119) | (2,561) | (2,561) | ||
DfES average points per student (DFES.AVEPointStudent) | .085 *** | .127 ***/n/a | .097 *** | -.065 *** | |
(2,114) | (2,141) | (2,586) | (2,586) | ||
DfES average points per exam entry (DFES.AvePointScore) | .111 *** | .101 ***/n/a | .044 * | -.111 *** | |
(2,109) | (2,136) | (2,582) | (2,582) | ||
Social background | Socio-economic classification (SEC) (1 = High 5 = Low) (CAND.NSSEC) | -.058 * | -.084 ***/-.046 | -.056 *** | -.011 |
(2,939) | (2,356/675) | (4,091) | (4,091) | ||
Overall deprivation decile (1 = high, 10 = low deprivation) (IMDOverallQualityDecile) | .079 *** | .076 ***/n/a | .113 *** | .032 | |
(2,275) | (2,307) | (3,074) | (3,074) | ||
Income deprivation decile (IMD1IncomeDecile) | .078 *** | .083 ***/n/a | .125 *** | .039 * | |
(2,275) | (2,307) | (3,074) | (3,074) | ||
Employment deprivation decile (IMD2EmploymentDecile) | .063 ** | .073 ***/n/a | .109 *** | .008 | |
(2,275) | (2,307) | (3,074) | (3,074) | ||
Health disability decile (IMD3HealthDisabilitySkillsDecile) | .055 ** | .048 */n/a | .098 *** | .016 | |
(2,275) | (2,307) | (3,074) | (3,074) | ||
Education deprivation decile (IMD4EducationDecile) | .056 ** | .064 **/n/a | .083 *** | -.019 | |
(2,275) | (2,307) | (3,074) | (3,074) | ||
Housing and services deprivation decile (IMD5HousingAndServicesDecile) | .046 * | .035/n/a | -.024 | .059 *** | |
(2,275) | (2,307) | (.176) | (3,074) | ||
Crime deprivation decile (IMD6CrimeDecile) | .061 ** | .040/n/a | .100 *** | .062 *** | |
(2,275) | (2,307) | (3,074) | (3,074) | ||
Living environment decile (IMD7LivingEnvironmentDecile) | .049 * | .036/n/a | .066 *** | .042 * | |
(2,275) | (2,307) | (3,074) | (3,074) | ||
UKCAT measures | UKCAT questions skipped/missed (UKCATskipped) | .000 | -.015/-.041 | -.310 *** | -.005 |
(3,432) | (2,764/769) | (4,811) | (4,811) | ||
UKCAT percentile day of taking test (UKCATdayOfTakingPctileRank) | -.092 *** | -.059 **/-.018 | -.058 *** | -.090 *** | |
(3,432) | (2,764/769) | (4,811) | (4,811) | ||
UKCAT allowed extra time (UKCATexamSeriesCode) | .007 | .014/-.012 | .030 * | .004 | |
(3,432) | (2,764/769) | (4,811) | (4,811) | ||
UKCAT school experience of test (UKCATcandPerSchool) | -.029 | .038/-.174 *** | -.033 * | -.033 * | |
(3,295) | (2,630/754) | (4,022) | (4,022) | ||
GCE and SQA results | Three best A-levels (Alevels_TotalBest) | .690 *** | −/− | .088 *** | .177 *** |
(2,725) | (2,764) | (2,764) | |||
Four best AS-levels (ASlevels_TotalBest) | .605 *** | .416 ***/- | .155 *** | .184 *** | |
(1,842) | (1,865/-) | (1,877) | (1,877) | ||
Nine best GCSEs (GCSEs_TotalBest) | .600 *** | .293 ***/- | .202 *** | .082 * | |
(721) | (723/-) | (930) | (930) | ||
Five best Scottish Highers (SQAhighers_TotalBest) | .328 *** | −/− | .040 | .003 | |
(715) | (769) | (769) | |||
Five best Scottish “Highers Plus” (SQAhighersPlus_TotalBest) | .532 *** | -/.884 *** | .104 ** | .137 *** | |
(682) | (−/730) | (730) | (730) | ||
Best Scottish advanced higher (SQAadvHighers_TotalBest) | .776 *** | -/.249 *** | .118 ** | .362 *** | |
(639) | (−/769) | (681) | (681) |