highly significantP <0.001
There were smaller ( r <0.1) but highly significant ( P <0.001) positive correlations between general practice appeal and the ‘big five’ personality factor, agreeableness; being of Asian ethnicity; attending a state school; lower GCSE points; wanting to be a doctor to be helpful to society; having an occupation that was economically secure, but not highly pressurised or with a requirement for travel; wanting to practise in the NHS; and practise privately, but not in a city or in the armed forces (see Supplementary Table S4).