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Table 3 Multivariate linear regression for UMAT-2 score (Understanding people) (N = 109,880, r 2= 0.113)

From: Socio-economic predictors of performance in the Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test (UMAT)

Predictor variable (reference group in brackets)

B Coefficient

95% CI for B

Beta

P-Value

Age (≤ 16 yr yr of age)

    

  17 yr

−3.8

−5.3, -2.3

−0.064

<0.001

  18 yr

−5.1

−6.6, -3.6

−0.087

<0.001

  19 yr

−11.1

−12.7, -9.4

−0.076

<0.001

  20 - 30 yr

−4.7

−6.3, -3.1

−0.044

<0.001

  > 30 yr

1.5

−0.5, 3.4

0.006

0.143

Gender (Females)

    

  Males

−7.3

−7.6, -7.1

−0.125

<0.001

Language spoken at home (English)

    

  Asian languages

−15.6

−15.9, -15.2

−0.238

<0.001

  European languages

−9.7

−10.8, -8.5

−0.048

<0.001

  Other languages

−14.9

−16.1, -13.7

−0.067

<0.001

School (Government)

    

  Catholic

−1.3

−1.8, -0.9

−0.018

<0.001

  Independent

3.4

3.0, 3.8

0.056

<0.001

  Other

−10.1

−11.3, -8.8

−0.046

<0.001

  TAFE

−10.7

−13.2, -8.2

−0.025

<0.001

State or territory (NSW)

    

  ACT

1.9

0.5, 3.2

0.008

0.008

  NT

−8.6

−10.9, -6.2

−0.022

<0.001

  QLD

−4.6

−5.2, -4.0

−0.051

<0.001

  ISA

−6.3

−6.9, -5.7

−0.063

<0.001

  TAS

1.4

0.3, 2.6

0.007

0.014

  IVIC

−5.7

−6.1, -5.3

−0.094

<0.001

  WA

−5.5

−6.1, -4.9

−0.057

<0.001

IRSAD Decile (Deciles 1 and 2)

    

  Deciles 3 and 4

2.9

2.1, 3.8

0.026

<0.001

  Deciles 5 and 6

3.6

2.8, 4.4

0.042

<0.001

  Deciles 7 and 8

5.4

4.7, 6.1

0.077

<0.001

  Deciles 9 and 10

8.1

7.4, 8.8

0.140

<0.001

ARIA Accessibility code (Highly accessible)

    

  Accessible

3.7

2.8, 4.5

0.027

<0.001

  Moderately accessible

2.6

1.0, 4.1

0.010

0.001

  Remote

4.4

1.8, 7.1

0.010

0.001

  Very Remote

1.4

−4.3, 7.0

0.001

0.635

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander (non-ATSI)

    

  ATSI

−6.2

−8.5, -3.9

−0.015

<0.001