Table 4 Importance of applicant factors based on responders’ previous experience with the military, collegiate varsity sports, and global health (Percentage, 95% Confidence Interval)

Dem. leadership

Ext/very important

15/22 (68.2,48.6–87.7)

245/350 (70.0,65.2–74.8)

0.86

42/48 (87.5,78.1–96.9)

218/324 (67.3,62.1–72.4)

0.004

51/65 (78.5,68.4–88.5)

209/307 (68.1,62.8–73.3)

0.10

Not at all/slight important

7/22 (31.8,12.3–51.4)

105/350 (30.0,25.2–34.8)

6/48 (12.5,3.1–21.9)

106/324 (32.7,27.6–37.8)

14/65 (21.5,11.5–31.6)

98/307 (31.9,26.7–37.2)

Previous military exp.

Ext/very important

2/30 (6.7,0–15.6)

28/593 (4.7,3.0–6.4)

0.63

4/76 (5.3,0.2–10.3)

26/547 (4.8,3–6.5)

0.85

7/104 (6.7,1.9–11.6)

23/519 (4.4,2.7–6.2)

0.32

Not at all/slight important

28/30 (93.3,84.4–100)

565/593 (95.3,93.6–97.0)

72/76 (94.7,89.7–99.8)

521/547 (95.2,93.4–97)

97/104 (93.3,88.4–98.1)

496/519 (95.6,93.8–97.3)

Previous inv. in collegiate sports

Ext/very important

3/33 (9.1,0–18.9)

40/594 (6.7,4.7–8.7)

0.60

12/70 (17.1,8.3–26)

31/557 (5.6,3.6–7.5)

0.0003

3/94 (3.2,0–6.8)

40/533 (7.5,5.3–9.7)

0.13

Not at all/slight important

30/33 (90.9,81.1–100)

554/594 (93.3,91.2–95.3)

58/70 (82.9,74–91.7

526/557 (94.4,92.5–96.3)

91/94 (96.8,93.2–100)

493/533 (92.5,90.3–94.7)

Previous exp. as a scribe

Ext/very important

0/43 (0)

11/659 (1.7,0.7–2.6)

0.39

3/91 (3.3,0–7)

8/611 (1.3,0.4–2.2)

0.15

5/112 (4.5,0.6–8.3)

6/590 (1.0,0.2–1.8)

0.007

Not at all/slight important

43/43 (100)

648/659 (98.3,97.4–99.3)

88/91 (96.7,93–100)

603/611 (98.7,97.8–99.6)

107/112 (95.5,91.7–99.4)

584/590 (99.0,98.2–99.8)

Previous inv. in global health

Ext/very important

0/39 (0)

27/609 (4.4,2.8–6.1)

0.18

6/79 (7.6,1.7–13.4)

21/569 (3.7,2.1–5.2)

0.10

9/100 (9.0,3.4–14.6)

18/548 (3.3,1.8–4.8)

0.009

Not at all/slight important

39/39 (100)

582/609 (95.6,93.9–97.2)

73/79 (92.4,86.5–98.3)

548/569 (96.3,94.7–97.8)

91/100 (91.0,85.4–96.6)

530/548 (96.7,95.2–98.2)

Comm. service inv.

Ext/very important

9/28 (32.1,14.8–49.5)

161/387 (41.6,36.7–46.5)

0.33

22/49 (44.9,30.9–58.9)

148/366 (40.4,35.4–45.5)

0.55

38/65 (58.5,46.4–70.5)

132/350 (37.7,32.6–42.8)

0.002

Not at all/slight important

19/28 (67.9,50.5–85.2)

226/387 (58.4,53.5–63.3)

27/49 (55.1,41.1–69.1)

218/366 (59.6,54.5–64.6)

27/65 (41.5,29.5–53.6)

218/350 (62.3,57.2–67.4)