Table 3

Mixed logit regression estimates for the general sample

	ACEM			SUR			HBS			PSY			OTH
	MLE	OR	95% CI	MLE	OR	95% CI	MLE	OR	95% CI	MLE	OR	95% CI	MLE	OR	95% CI
Man	1.471 (5.63)***	4.354.	2.610 to 7.264	2.495 (15.2)***	12.121	8.786 to 16.722	0.507 (4.43)***	1.660	1.327 to 2.077	0.061 (−0.68)	1.063	0.891 to 1.268	0.626 (6.18)***	1.869	1.533 to 2.280
BME	−1.240 (−9.18)***	0.289	0.222 to 0.377	−0.271 (−2.44)**	0.763	0.614 to 0.948	−0.131 (−1.73)*	0.878	0.757 to 1.018	−0.071 (−0.86)	0.932	0.793 to 1.095	−0.050 (−0.56)	0.951	0.799 to 1.133
Mature	−1.021 (−4.97)***	0.360	0.222 to 0.377	−0.380 (−2.58)***	0.684	0.512 to 0.913	−0.496 (−3.89)***	0.609	0.474 to 0.782	1.071 (5.23)***	2.918	1.954 to 4.357	−1.309 (−4.18)***	0.270	0.146 to 0.499
UK university	0.221 (1.67)*	1.247	0.963 to 1.615	0.728 (7.02)***	2.072	1.690 to 2.539	−0.235(−2.87)***	0.790	0.673 to 0.928	−1.567 (−7.31)***	0.209	0.137 to 0.318	−0.655 (−2.98)***	0.520	0.338 to 0.799
Constant	−1.684 (−4.66)***	0.186	0.091 to 0.377	−2.600 (−12.14)***	0.074	0.049 to 0.113	0.446 (5.03)***	1.562	1.313 to 1.859	−1.384 (−3.26)***	0.251	0.109 to 0.576	−2.962 (−6.83)***	0.052	0.022 to 0.121
N	27 516
Log likelihood	−41153.377

z scores in parentheses: ***p<0.01; **p<0.05 and *p<0.1; MLE (mixed logit estimate);OR (odds ratio); CI (confidence intervals).
Man vs. woman; BME vs. non-BME; mature vs. non-mature (>40 vs.<40 years old); UK university vs. overseas educated student.
ACEM, acute care, emergency medicine and anaesthetics; BME, black and minority ethnicity; GP, general practice; HBS, hospital-based specialties; OTH, pathology, radiology and public health; PSY, psychiatric specialties; SUR, surgical specialties.