Medical student selection criteria and socio-demographic factors as predictors of ultimately working rurally after graduation

Table 2 Selection criteria and socio-demographic factors by rural vs urban background

Variable	N	Urban background	N	Rural background	P-value (χ ² test)
Academic entry score (ATAR)	630	99.0 ± 0.04	99	97.50 ± 0.18	<0.001
Interview score	630	28.0 ± 0.2	99	26.9 ± 0.6	0.065
Total UMAT Percentile score	630	84.6 ± 0.4	99	75.8 ± 2.0	0.022
UMAT-1 Percentile score	629	79.7 ± 0.7	99	74.5 ± 2.1	0.865
UMAT-2 Percentile score	629	72.8 ± 0.9	99	73.2 ± 2.2	<0.001
UMAT-3 Percentile score	629	77.5 ± 0.8	99	63.4 ± 2.5	0.009
Age at completion					0.022
Up to 23 yr	377	59.8%	48	48.5%
24 yr and older	253	40.2%	51	51.5%
Sex					0.010
Female	338	53.7%	66	66.7%
Male	292	46.3%	33	33.3%
Secondary school					<0.001
Government	189	33.4%	54	55.7%
Independent	377	66.6%	43	44.3%
IRSAD score					<0.001
Deciles 1-2	4	0.6%	3	3.0%
Deciles 3-4	7	1.1%	12	12.1%
Deciles 5-6	29	4.6%	36	36.4%
Deciles 7-8	93	14.8%	19	19.2%
Deciles 9-10	497	78.9%	29	29.3%
ASGC-Remoteness area					<0.001
Major Cities	621	98.6%	0	0
Inner regional	4	0.6%	35	35.4%
Outer regional	4	0.6%	51	51.5%
Remote	1	0.2%	11	11.1%
Very remote	0	0	2	2.0%
Country of origin					<0.001
Oceania	397	63.0%	88	88.9%
UK and Ireland	25	6.3%	1	1.0%
Eastern and SE Asia	116	18.4%	4	4.0%
Southern Asia	40	6.3%	1	1.0%
Other	52	8.3%	5	5.1%

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