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Table 1 Characteristics of the samples

From: Does growing up with a physician influence the ethics of medical students’ relationships with the pharmaceutical industry? The cases of the US and Poland

 

USA

Poland

Characteristic

%

N

%

N

Sex

 Female

55.7%

251

60.8%

336

 Male

44.3%

200

39.2%

217

 Total

100%

451

100%

553

Year of study

 Second

34.1%

154

  

 Third

31.9%

144

26.2%

145

 Fourth

34.1%

154

24.8%

138

 Fifth

  

24.2%

134

 Sixth

  

24.8%

137

 Total

100%

452

100%

554

School

 Medical University of Warsaw

  

100%

554

 Temple University School of Medicine

23.2%

105

  

 Drexel University College of Medicine

29.9%

135

  

 Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

18.2%

82

  

 Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

28.7%

129

  

 Total

100%

451

100%

551

Are you related to a physician?

 Yes

29.0%

131

30.9%

170

 No

71.0%

320

69.1%

381

 Total

100%

451

100%

551

  1. Source: M. Makowska & M. Etyczne. Wyzwania współpracy studentów medycyny z przemysłem farmaceutycznym. Studium porównawcze sytuacji w Polsce i USA. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo SGGW; 2016, p. 189