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Table 1 Multivariate linear regression for total UMAT score (N = 109,880, r 2= 0.120)

From: Socio-economic predictors of performance in the Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test (UMAT)

Predictor variable (reference group in brackets)

B Coefficient

95% CI for B

Beta

P-Value

Age (≤ 16 yr yr of age)

    

  17 yr

−8.7

−10.2, -7.2

−0.147

<0.001

  18 yr

−12.0

−13.5, -10.5

−0.207

<0.001

  19 yr

−19.4

−21.0, -17.7

−0.133

<0.001

  20 - 30 yr

−19.3

−20.9, -17.7

−0.183

<0.001

  > 30 yr

−22.7

−24.6, -20.7

−0.100

<0.001

Gender (Females)

    

  Males

3.6

3.3, 3.9

0.062

<0.001

Language spoken at home (English)

    

  Asian languages

−10.4

−10.8, -10.0

−0.159

<0.001

  European languages

−12.7

−13.8, -11.6

−0.063

<0.001

  Other languages

−18.4

−19.6, -17.2

−0.083

<0.001

School Type (Government)

    

  Catholic

−5.0

−5.5, -4.6

−0.068

<0.001

  Independent

3.9

3.5, 4.3

0.064

<0.001

  Other

−10.7

−11.9, -9.4

−0.049

<0.001

  TAFE

−13.3

−15.7, -10.8

−0.030

<0.001

State or territory (NSW)

    

  ACT

3.1

1.7, 4.5

0.013

<0.001

  NT

−12.1

−14.4, -9.8

−0.031

<0.001

  QLD

−5.9

−6.5, -5.3

−0.065

<0.001

  SA

−9.0

−9.6, -8.3

−0.089

<0.001

  TAS

1.3

0.2, 2.5

0.007

0.022

  VIC

−6.6

−7.0, -6.2

−0.110

<0.001

  WA

−5.9

−6.5, -5.3

−0.062

<0.001

IRSAD Decile (Deciles 1 and 2)

    

  Deciles 3 and 4

3.9

3.2, 4.9

0.035

<0.001

  Deciles 5 and 6

4.5

3.9, 5.4

0.053

<0.001

  Deciles 7 and 8

7.1

6.6, 8.0

0.102

<0.001

  Deciles 9 and 10

13.0

12.4, 13.8

0.224

<0.001

ARIA Accessibility code (Highly accessible)

    

  Accessible

3.0

2.2, 3.8

0.022

<0.001

  Moderately accessible

1.9

0.4, 3.4

0.007

0.015

  Remote

1.9

−1.4, 3.9

0.004

0.161

  Very remote

−1.5

−6.8, 4.7

−0.001

0.614

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander (non-ATSI)

    

  ATSI

−9.6

−11.9, -7.3

−0.023

<0.001