Agreement that future prospects were good: UK medical graduates by years after graduation, sex, survey year, and specialty
| Predictor | Group | Agreement that prospects were good | Univariate analysisa | Multivariate analysis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | n/N | df | χ2 | P-value | Wald | P-value | ||
| Specialty | General practice | 70.5 | 7233/10 259 | |||||
| Hospital medical specialties | 69.8 | 3818/5467 | 3 | 88.9 | <0.001 | 104.6 | <0.001 | |
| Surgery | 68.1 | 2755/4048 | ||||||
| Other hospital | 74.6 | 8252/11 057 | ||||||
| Sex | Males | 72.3 | 10 853/15 009 | 1 | 7.6 | <0.01 | 48.3 | <0.001 |
| Females | 70.8 | 11 205/15 822 | ||||||
| Years after graduation | 3–5 | 70.2 | 6022/8579 | 2 | 234.3 | <0.001 | 268.4 | <0.001 |
| 6–11 | 76.8 | 8068/10 502 | ||||||
| 12–24 | 67.8 | 7968/11 750 | ||||||
| Survey year | 1996 to 1999 | 65.1 | 6881/10 566 | 2 | 381.2 | <0.001 | 437.6 | <0.001 |
| 2000 to 2005 | 77.1 | 8323/10 799 | ||||||
| 2010 to 2013 | 72.4 | 6854/9266 | ||||||
‘Univariable’ denotes single factor χ2 test for each predictor. ‘Multivariable’ denotes binomial logistic regression result for each predictor with all other predictors in the model. Cases are excluded where one or more predictors were missing, which reduced the sample size from 37 229 to 30 541.
↵a The univariable analysis here refers to the prospects variable with three levels: agree, neither, disagree. df = degrees of freedom.