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Table 2 Success rates across categories stratified within the various candidates’ characteristics

From: Differential attainment and recruitment to Intensive Care Medicine Training in the UK, 2018–2020

Characteristics

Total in category

N Successful

%

Age group (years)

 25–30

131

129

98.5

 30–35

295

273

92.5

 35–40

67

58

86.6

  > 40

16

10

62.5

 All

509

470

92.3

Gender

 Male

324

292

90.1

 Female

171

164

95.9

 Not disclosed

8

8

100

 Missing

6

6

100

Marital status

 Not married nor in a civil partnership

256

247

96.5

 Married or in a civil partnership

170

145

85.3

 Not disclosed

22

22

100

 Missing

61

56

91.8%

Pregnancy statusc

 Not pregnant

165

158

95.7

 Pregnant

6

6

100

 Not disclosed

8

8

100

Ethnic origin

 White – British, Irish, other

316

313

99.1

 Asian or Asian British, othera

99

71

71.7

 Chinese

16

16

100

 Black or Black British, otherb

11

10

90.1

 Any other ethnic group/mixed group

42

37

88.1

 Not disclosed

25

23

92

Religious belief

 Atheism

155

153

98.7

 Christianity

140

136

97.1

 Islam

55

33

60

 Hinduism

38

30

78.9

 Buddhism

31

11

84.6

 Sikhism

4

4

100

 Judaism

4

4

110

 Other

17

17

100

 Missing

10

10

100

 Not disclosed

73

72

98.6

Sexual Orientation

 Heterosexual

440

405

92

 Gay

11

11

100

 Bisexual

2

2

100

 Lesbian

6

6

100

 Not disclosed

50

46

92

Disabilityc

 None

432

396

91.7

 Yes, limited a little

4

4

100

 Yes, limited a lot

1

1

100

 Not disclosed

12

12

100

 Missing

60

57

95

Country of Degree

 UK

432

425

98.4

 Non-UK

77

45

58.4

  1. N (%) Successful, number (percentage) of successful candidates within category
  2. aincludes Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and any other Asian background
  3. bincludes African, Caribbean and any other black background
  4. cThe categories “pregnancy” and “disability” contain rare events. The results from analysing these variables are likely to be underpowered, hence the absence of a detectable association may be simply due to lack of sufficient power