Characteristics | Completed UMAT but not offered oral assessment (N = 738) | Completed, UMAT, offered oral assessment but were not offered a place (N = 109) | Completed UMAT and oral assessment and were offered a Place (N = 250) | All applicants in the study (N = 1097) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age in Years | Mean | 18.0 | 17.9 | 17.9 | 18.0 |
(SD) | (1.7) | (0.7) | (0.9) | (1.4) | |
Median | 18.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | |
Range | 15-49 | 16-19 | 17-23 | 15-49 | |
Sex (%) | Male | 295 (40.0) | 45 (41.3) | 102 (40.8) | 442 (40.3) |
Female | 443 (60.0) | 64 (58.7) | 148 (59.2) | 655 (59.7) | |
Schooling (%) | Non-Government | 407 (55.2) | 63 (57.8) | 154 (61.6) | 624 (56.9) |
Government | 268 (36.3) | 43 (39.5) | 86 (34.4) | 397 (36.2) | |
Other (eg overseas school) | 22 (3.0) | 2 (1.8) | 5 (2.0) | 29 (2.6) | |
Combination of non-Governement and Government | 36 (4.9) | 1 (0.9) | 5 (2.0) | 42 (3.8) | |
Main language (%) | English | 555 (75.2) | 89 (81.7) | 212 (84.8) | 856 (78.0) |
Other | 172 (23.3) | 20 (18.4) | 37 (9.7) | 229 (20.9) | |
Missing | 11 (1.5) | 0 | 1 (0.7) | 12 (1.1) | |
Lived rurally (%)* | Yes | 115 (15.6) | 18 (16.5) | 27 (10.8) | 160 (14.6) |
No | 623 (84.4) | 91 (83.5) | 223 (58.2) | 937 (85.4) | |
Home state (%)** | South Australia | 281 (38.1) | 38 (34.9) | 85 (34.0) | 404 (36.8) |
Victoria | 209 (28.3) | 34 (31.2) | 79 (31.6) | 322 (29.4) | |
New South Wales | 102 (13.8) | 15 (13.8) | 53 (21.2) | 170 (15.5) | |
Queensland | 42 (5.7) | 10 (9.2) | 12 (4.8) | 64 (5.8) | |
Western Australia | 48 (6.5) | 5 (4.6) | 6 (2.4) | 59 (5.4) | |
Australian Capital Territory | 18 (2.4) | 2 (1.8) | 7 (2.8) | 27 (2.5) | |
Tasmania | 14 (1.9) | 2 (1.8) | 3 (1.2) | 19 (1.7) | |
Northern Territory | 5 (0.7) | 2 (1.8) | 0 (0) | 7 (0.6) | |
Family member worked in health profession | 422 (57.2) | 63 (57.8) | 133 (53.2) | 618 (56.3) | |
 | Mother*** | 225 (53.3) | 39 (61.9) | 87 (65.4) | 351 (56.8) |
Father*** | 144 (34.1) | 28 (44.4) | 51 (38.3) | 223 (36.1) | |
Other relative eg Aunt, Uncle*** | 126 (29.9) | 17 (27.0) | 44 (33.1) | 187 (30.3) | |
 | Sibling*** | 75 (17.8) | 13 (20.6) | 18 (13.5) | 106 (17.2) |