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Table 8 Doctors’ rights indices for US and Polish 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

Doctors’ rights 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

Full and almost full rights

27.8%

31.4%

30.4%

56.8%

39.7%

44.9%

Some rights

33.8%

45.9%

42.4%

32.0%

43.9%

40.2%

Almost no or no rights

38.3%

22.6%

27.3%

11.2%

16.4%

14.9%

Sum

100% (n = 133)

100% (n = 318)

100% (N = 451)

100% (n = 169)

100% (n = 383)

100% (N = 552)

  1. US: X 2 (2, N = 451) = 12.1, p < .01
  2. PL: X 2 (2, N = 552) = 13.9, p = .001