Table 1 Driving time from parental postcode to Unit of Application (UoA)
From: Geographical mobility of UK trainee doctors, from family home to first job: a national cohort study
|  | Overall sample distribution | Less than 2 h (n = 3519, 61.9%) | Between 2 and 4 h (n = 1503, 26.4%) | More than 4 h (n = 667, 11.7%) | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | Row % | n | Row % | n | Row % | Â | |
Gender | |||||||||
 Female | 3318 | 58.3 | 2039 | 61.5 | 889 | 26.8 | 390 | 11.8 | 0.728 |
 Male | 2371 | 41.7 | 1480 | 62.4 | 614 | 25.9 | 277 | 11.7 | |
Age Category | |||||||||
 School Leaver (17–20) | 5041 | 88.6 | 3092 | 61.3 | 1353 | 26.8 | 596 | 11.8 | 0.072 |
 Mature (21+) | 648 | 11.4 | 427 | 65.9 | 150 | 23.1 | 71 | 11.0 | |
Highest qualification on entry to medical school | |||||||||
 Graduate | 471 | 8.3 | 314 | 66.7 | 105 | 22.3 | 52 | 11.0 | 0.069 |
 Non-Grad | 5218 | 91.7 | 3205 | 61.4 | 1398 | 26.8 | 615 | 11.8 | |
Type of secondary school attended | |||||||||
 State-funded | 3932 | 71.1 | 2469 | 62.8 | 988 | 25.1 | 475 | 12.1 | 0.001 |
 Fee paying school | 1597 | 28.9 | 947 | 59.3 | 479 | 30.0 | 171 | 10.7 | |
Parental Occupation | |||||||||
 I-Managerial and professional occupations | 4128 | 90.1 | 2475 | 60.0 | 1140 | 27.6 | 513 | 12.4 | < 0.001 |
 Other occupations (NS-SEC II – V) | 456 | 9.9 | 321 | 70.4 | 92 | 20.2 | 43 | 9.4 | |
Free School Meal | |||||||||
 Yes | 380 | 7.3 | 281 | 73.9 | 61 | 16.1 | 38 | 10.0 | < 0.001 |
 No | 4858 | 92.7 | 2968 | 61.1 | 1321 | 27.2 | 569 | 11.7 | |
Income Support | |||||||||
 Yes | 692 | 13.8 | 444 | 64.2 | 171 | 24.7 | 77 | 11.1 | 0.395 |
 No | 4308 | 86.2 | 2650 | 61.5 | 1161 | 26.9 | 497 | 11.5 | |
Parent Education (University degree) | |||||||||
 Yes | 3849 | 71.1 | 2289 | 59.5 | 1090 | 28.3 | 470 | 12.2 | < 0.001 |
 No | 1564 | 28.9 | 1075 | 68.7 | 338 | 21.6 | 151 | 9.7 | |
(Neighbourhood) of participation of higher education areas (POLAR 2&3) | |||||||||
 Low Participation | 287 | 5.1 | 192 | 66.9 | 80 | 27.9 | 15 | 5.2 | 0.003 |
 High Participation | 5369 | 94.9 | 3320 | 62.1 | 1502 | 26.6 | 642 | 11.4 | |
Ethnicity | |||||||||
 Asian or Asian British | 921 | 16.2 | 728 | 79.0 | 155 | 16.8 | 38 | 4.1 | < 0.001 |
 Black or Black British | 96 | 1.7 | 59 | 61.5 | 28 | 29.2 | 9 | 9.4 | |
 Mixed | 209 | 3.7 | 120 | 57.4 | 68 | 32.5 | 21 | 10.0 | |
 Other Ethnic Groups | 105 | 1.8 | 84 | 80.0 | 16 | 15.2 | 5 | 4.8 | |
 White | 4349 | 76.6 | 2521 | 58.0 | 1234 | 28.4 | 594 | 13.7 | |
Domicile | |||||||||
 England | 4340 | 76.6 | 2746 | 63.3 | 1261 | 29.1 | 333 | 7.7 | < 0.001 |
 Northern Ireland | 374 | 6.6 | 236 | 63.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 138 | 36.9 | |
 Scotland | 706 | 12.5 | 415 | 58.8 | 152 | 21.5 | 139 | 19.7 | |
 Wales | 245 | 4.3 | 122 | 49.8 | 90 | 36.7 | 33 | 13.5 | |
Foundation School [Region] | |||||||||
 London Area | 1888 | 33.2 | 1259 | 66.7 | 452 | 23.9 | 177 | 9.4 | < 0.001 |
 Northern Ireland | 247 | 4.3 | 236 | 95.5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4.5 | |
 Rest of England | 1785 | 31.4 | 1055 | 59.1 | 562 | 31.5 | 168 | 9.4 | |
 Scotland | 713 | 12.5 | 415 | 58.2 | 135 | 18.9 | 163 | 22.9 | |
 South of England | 836 | 14.7 | 447 | 53.5 | 258 | 30.9 | 131 | 15.7 | |
 Wales | 220 | 3.9 | 107 | 48.6 | 96 | 43.6 | 17 | 7.7 | |