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Table 2 Numbers of participants and those meeting Widening Participation criteria at each Year 12 session

From: Widening interest, widening participation: factors influencing school students’ aspirations to study medicine

 

Number attending MaD day

Number taking part in research (%) a

Frequency (and % of session sample) of each of five Widening Participation criteria among respondents

n with Widening Participation > 1 (% of sample)

   

Postcode

School

Free School Meals

Care

Parents

 

Session 1

44

36 (82%)

25 (69%)

17 (47%)

10 (28%)

1 (3%)

26 (72%)

28 (77%)

Session 2

60

46 (77%)

29 (63%)

7 (15%)

4 (9%)

0

23 (50%)

24 (52%)

Session 3

60

40 (67%)

15 (38%)

7 (18%)

3 (8%)

0

19 (48%)

4 (10%)

Total

164

122 (74%)

69 (57%)

31 (25%)

17 (14%)

1 (1%)

68 (56%)

56 (46%)

  1. a Including participants who did not provide details to link to Widening Participation indices (Session 1 = 3 students, Session 2 = 6 students)