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Table 4 Demographic characteristics of the study population in terms of responders and non-responders

From: An assessment of the impact of formal preparation activities on performance in the University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT): a national study

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Responders (nā€‰=ā€‰5439 (38.0))

N (%)

Non-responders (nā€‰=ā€‰8893 (62.1))

N (%)

All

(nā€‰=ā€‰14,432)

N (%)

p-values

Mean age (SD)

18.66 (0.59)

18.71 (0.61)

18.69 (0.60)

ā€‰<ā€‰0.001

Gender

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ā€‰<ā€‰0.001

ā€ƒMale

1967 (36.2)

3494 (39.3)

5461 (38.1)

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ā€ƒFemale

3472 (63.8)

5399 (60.7)

8871 (61.9)

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Ethnicity

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ā€‰<ā€‰0.001

ā€ƒWhite

2609 (48.0)

3851 (43.3)

6460 (45.1)

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ā€ƒAsian

1816 (33.4)

3505 (39.4)

5321 (37.1)

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ā€ƒBlack

521 (9.6)

670 (7.5)

1191 (8.3)

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ā€ƒMixed

288 (5.3)

441(5.0)

729 (5.1)

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ā€ƒOther

205 (3.8)

426 (4.8)

631 (4.4)

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NS-SEC

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0.024

ā€ƒ1

4160 (76.5)

6543 (73.6)

10,703 (74.7)

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ā€ƒ2

213 (3.9)

302 (3.4)

515 (3.6)

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ā€ƒ3

80 (1.5)

182 (2.1)

262 (1.8)

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ā€ƒ4

212 (3.9)

381 (4.3)

593 (4.1)

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ā€ƒ5

364 (6.7)

580 (6.5)

944 (6.6)

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ā€ƒMissing

410 (7.5)

905 (10.2)

1315 (9.2)

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SCHOOL

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ā€‰<ā€‰0.001

ā€ƒSixth Form/ Further Education College

2689 (49.4)

4376 (49.2)

7065 (49.3)

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ā€ƒComprehensive

705 (13.0)

944 (10.6)

1649 (11.5)

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ā€ƒGrammar

1006 (18.5)

1843 (20.7)

2849 (19.9)

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ā€ƒIndependent/Private Fee Paying

958 (17.6)

1636 (18.4)

2594 (18.1)

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ā€ƒOther

80 (1.5)

94 (1.1)

174 (1.2)

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ā€ƒMissing

1 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.0)

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BURSARY

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0.014

ā€ƒBursary received

584 (10.7)

1075 (12.1)

1659 (11.6)

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ā€ƒNo bursary received

4855 (89.3)

7818 (87.9)

12,673 (88.4)

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  1. P-values for the chi-squared tests are presented except for age where an independent t-test was conducted. Unless stated, there was no missing data for the variables. Missing data was not used in chi-squared calculations