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Table 9 Trust 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

Trust 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

No trust

37.6%

22.6%

27.0%

35.5%

41.4%

39.6%

Little trust

28.6%

29.8%

29.4%

37.9%

35.3%

36.1%

Reasonable trust

18.0%

26.3%

23.9%

13.6%

16.8%

15.8%

High trust

15.8%

21.3%

19.7%

13.0%

6.5%

8.5%

Sum

100% (n = 133)

100% (n = 318)

100% (N = 451)

100% (n = 169)

100% (n = 382)

100% (N = 551)

  1. US: X 2 (3, N = 451) = 12.0, p < .01
  2. PL: X 2 (3, N = 551) = 7.2, p = .053