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Table 7 Reciprocity indices for Polish and US students having and not having a family member working as a physician

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

Reciprocity index

US

POLAND

Students who have a physician as a family member

Students who do not have a physician as a family member

All students

Students who have a physician as a family member

Students who do not have a physician as a family member

All students

Very good collaborator

17.3%

19.5%

18.8%

34.7%

23.5%

27.0%

Good collaborator

19.5%

33.6%

29.5%

26.9%

35.4%

32.8%

Weak opponent

28.6%

27.4%

27.7%

25.1%

27.7%

27.0%

Strong opponent

34.6%

19.5%

23.9%

13.2%

13.2%

13.2%

Sum

100% (n = 133)

100% (n = 318)

100% (N = 451)

100% (n = 167)

100% (n = 378)

100% (N = 545)

  1. US: X 2 (3, N = 451) = 15.5, p = .01
  2. PL: X 2 (3, N = 545) = 8.2, p < .05