Mixed logit regression estimates for the UK 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 | 1.140 (21.73)*** | 3.127 | 2.822 to 3.466 | 2.165 (34.57)*** | 8.714 | 7.707 to 9.852 | 0.405 (6.78)*** | 1.499 | 1.334 to 1.685 | 0.491 (5.94)*** | 1.634 | 1.390 to 1.922 | 0.924 (10.43)*** | 2.520 | 2.118 to 2.998 |
| BME | −1.145 (−16.27)*** | 0.318 | 0.277 to 0.365 | −0.120 (−2.1)** | 0.887 | 0.793 to 0.992 | −0.181 (−3.9)*** | 0.834 | 0.762 to 0.914 | −0.092 (−1.08) | 0.912 | 0.771 to 1.078 | 0.061 (0.68) | 1.063 | 0.892 to 1.268 |
| Mature | −1.648 (−4.35)*** | 0.193 | 0.092 to 0.405 | 0.005 (0.03) | 1.005 | 0.675 to 1.496 | −0.545 (−2.75)*** | 0.580 | 0.393 to 0.856 | 1.488 (6.75)*** | 4.428 | 2.875 to 6.819 | −0.133 (−0.38) | 0.876 | 0.438 to 1.749 |
| Parent uni | 0.139 (2.6)*** | 1.149 | 1.035 to 1.275 | 0.235 (4.23)*** | 1.265 | 1.134 to 1.410 | 0.271 (6.1)*** | 1.311 | 1.202 to 1.430 | 0.278 (3.38)*** | 1.321 | 1.124 to 1.552 | 0.149 (1.69)* | 1.161 | 0.976 to 1.380 |
| Independent school | 0.373 (6.42)*** | 1.452 | 1.296 to 1.627 | 0.582 (9.75)*** | 1.789 | 1.592 to 2.011 | 0.346 (7.14)*** | 1.413 | 1.285 to 1.554 | 0.263 (2.99)*** | 1.301 | 1.095 to 1.547 | 0.448 (4.76)*** | 1.566 | 1.302 to 1.883 |
| Grammar school | 0.179 (2.78)*** | 1.196 | 1.054 to 1.356 | 0.221 (3.27)*** | 1.247 | 1.093 to 1.424 | 0.254 (4.85)*** | 1.289 | 1.163 to 1.428 | 0.241 (2.52)** | 1.272 | 1.055 to 1.534 | 0.170 (1.58) | 1.186 | 0.960 to 1.465 |
| Constant | −1.141 (−16.19)*** | 0.320 | 0.278 to 0.367 | −2.062 (−25.15)*** | 0.127 | 0.108 to 0.149 | −0.212 (−3.29)*** | 0.809 | 0.712 to 0.918 | −2.514 (−12.99)*** | 0.081 | 0.055 to 0.118 | −2.824 (−16.04)*** | 0.059 | 0.042 to 0.084 |
| N | 18 588 | ||||||||||||||
| Log likelihood | −27595.305 | ||||||||||||||
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); parent uni vs. parent with no university education; income support vs. no income support; independent and grammar school vs. state school.
ACEM, acute care, emergency medicine and anaesthetics; BME, black and minority etnicity; GP, general practice; HBS, hospital-based specialties; OTH, pathology, radiology and public health; PSY, psychiatric specialties; SUR, surgical specialties.