Table 2 Percentage of applicants with an accepted offer for medical school by UK country according to four measures of socioeconomic status (SES)
England (n = 7772)1 | Scotland (n = 1315) | Wales (n = 467)1 | N. Ireland (n = 883) | UK (n = 10437) | UK selection ratio (accepted offers: applicants) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IMD decile (postcode assigned SES) | ||||||
1 deprived | 3.5 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 0.60 |
2 | 5.2 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 4.5 | 0.66 |
3 | 5.9 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 0.79 |
4 | 6.9 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 0.88 |
5 | 7.9 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 0.94 |
6 | 9.1 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 0.95 |
7 | 10.6 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 9.3 | 10.1 | 1.08 |
8 | 12.5 | 12.1 | 9.4 | 11.9 | 12.3 | 1.09 |
9 | 15.4 | 18.9 | 17.6 | 17.4 | 16.1 | 1.11 |
10 affluent | 22.9 | 35.5 | 37.7 | 33.5 | 26.1 | 1.19 |
School typea | ||||||
Independent | 29.0 | 34.8 | 13.9 | 0.1 | 26.6 | 1.09 |
State | 68.2 | 61.0 | 82.2 | 96.3 | 70.3 | 0.97 |
Grammar | 22.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 92.1 | 24.3 | 1.15 |
Comp/FEC/SFC | 46.0 | 60.9 | 82.0 | 4.2 | 46.0 | 0.89 |
Missing/Unknown/Other | 2.9 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 0.97 |
Parental NS-SEC | ||||||
1 Higher managerial/admin & professional | 78.3 | 86.2 | 83.9 | 81.4 | 79.8 | 1.06 |
2 Intermediate | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 0.94 |
3 Small employers, own account workers | 4.7 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 0.83 |
4 Lower supervisory and technical | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.79 |
5 Semi-routine and routine | 2.0 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 0.59 |
Missing | 9.2 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 8.1 | 0.82 |