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Table 2 Demographic and predictor variables for Māori, Pacific and non-Māori non-Pacific students

From: Patterns of privilege: A total cohort analysis of admission and academic outcomes for Māori, Pacific and non-Māori non-Pacific health professional students

Demographic and admission variables

Ethnic grouping

Māori

(n = 150)

Pacific

(n = 257)

nMnP

(n = 2279)

Total

(n = 2686)

Categorical variables

n

%

p value

n

%

p value

n

%

n

%

Gender

  

0.0944

  

0.0105

 

ref.

  

 Female

108

72.0

 

182

70.8

 

1775

77.9

2065

76.9

 Male

42

28.0

 

75

29.2

 

504

22.1

621

23.1

Year of admission (2nd yr.)b

  

  

    

 2002–3

25

16.7

 

28

10.9

 

320

14.0

373

13.9

 2004–5

27

18.0

 

43

16.7

 

375

16.4

445

16.6

 2006–7

23

15.3

 

54

21.0

 

428

18.8

505

18.8

 2008–9

24

16.0

 

50

19.4

 

464

20.3

538

20.0

 2010–11

34

22.7

 

53

20.6

 

502

22.0

589

21.9

 2012

17

11.3

 

29

11.3

 

190

8.3

236

8.8

School Decile

  

<0.0001

  

<0.0001

 

ref.

  

 High (8–10)

54

36.0

 

51

19.8

 

1275

55.9

1380

51.4

 Medium (4–7)

47

31.3

 

87

33.9

 

650

28.5

784

29.2

 Low (1–3)

41

27.3

 

85

33.1

 

125

5.5

251

9.3

Missing

8

5.3

 

34

13.2

 

229

10.0

271

10.1

Auckland School

  

<0.0001

  

<0.0001

 

ref.

  

 No

63

42.0

 

12

4.7

 

320

14.0

395

14.7

 Yes

81

54.0

 

211

82.1

 

1731

76.0

2023

75.3

Missing

6

4.0

 

34

13.2

 

228

10.0

268

10.0

Type of admission (1st yr.)

  

<0.0001

  

<0.0001

 

ref.

  

 Alternative admission

77

51.3

 

156

60.7

 

630

27.6

863

32.1

 School Leaver

73

48.7

 

101

39.3

 

1649

72.4

1823

67.9

Bridging programme

  

<0.0001

  

<0.0001

 

ref.

  

 No

85

56.7

 

129

50.2

 

2159

94.7

2373

88.3

 Yes

65

43.3

 

128

49.8

 

120

5.3

313

11.6

Certificate in Health Sciences

  

  

    

 No

107

71.3

 

157

61.1

 

2279

100

2543

94.7

 Yes

43

28.7

 

100

38.9

 

0

0

143

5.3

Programme enrolleda

  

  

    

 Health Sciences

99

66.0

 

185

72.0

 

696

30.5

980

36.5

 Nursing

31

20.67

 

46

17.9

 

724

31.8

801

29.8

 Pharmacy

26

17.33

 

39

15.2

 

917

40.2

982

36.6

Continuous variables

Mean

SD

p value

Mean

SD

p value

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Age at admission (2nd yr.)

21.31

4.6

0.0061

20.8

3.7

0.1346

20.4

4.1

20.5

4.1

School results

 NCEA Rank Score

196.9

46.6

<0.0001

178.3

45.3

<0.0001

231.0

39.7

224.3

43.9

 Table A Max

19.0

4.1

0.0008

18.4

5.1

<0.0001

20.7

3.8

20.4

4.0

 Table B Max

22.8

6.6

0.0081

21.3

7.4

<0.0001

24.7

5.6

24.3

5.9

 Table B Maths Max

21.5

6.1

0.0076

20.3

8.2

<0.0001

23.9

6.4

23.4

6.7

 Table B Science Max

19.9

6.0

0.0157

16.9

5.5

<0.0001

21.4

4.4

20.9

4.8

  1. aStudents may have enrolled in more than one programme within the study duration; students enrolled in multiple programmes were double counted
  2. bAlthough there were new enrolments in 2013, we have excluded current students and hence these students are not included in this data i.e. must have completed the minimum number of years required for their programme (i.e. three or four years). Results are presented for those variables that were tested for significant differences between ethnic groupings (the reference group of comparison is nMnP)