Does the Japanese Society for Hygiene need its own Code of Conduct? A comparison of the responses of councilors and junior members based on a questionnaire survey

Table 3 Responses among councilors^a to the question of whether the JSH should formulate its own “Code of Conduct for Scientists”

Participant characteristics	Necessary		Not necessary		Not sure		P value
Participant characteristics	n	%	n	%	n	%	P value
Gender
Male	42	91.3	89	92.7	38	82.6	0.16
Female	4	8.7	7	7.3	8	17.4
Qualifications
Physician, dentist	27	65.9	69	75.3	21	48.8	<0.05*
Nurse, Public health nurse, pharmacist, nutritionist	2	4.8	4	4.3	7	16.3
Other	12	29.3	19	20.4	15	34.9
Position
Professor	26	59.1	58	61.1	31	67.4	0.24
Associate professor	3	6.8	14	14.7	7	15.2
Lecturer	5	11.4	3	3.2	3	6.5
Assistant professor	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Senior researcher, laboratory chief	1	2.3	4	4.2	1	2.2
Other	9	20.5	16	16.8	4	8.7
Affiliated institution
University Medical School	26	60.5	50	56.8	22	48.9	0.10
University, non-Medical School	9	20.9	21	23.9	19	42.2
Research Institute	8	18.6	13	14.8	4	8.9
Government Institution	0	0.0	4	4.5	0	0.0
Experience on an Ethical Review Board (now or in the past)
Yes	3	10.7	10	15.8	2	5.2	0.26
No	25	89.3	53	84.2	36	94.8
Knowledge about the code of conduct
Knowledgeable	20	44.4	20	21.1	7	15.2	<0.01*
Recognized title but did not know contents	13	28.8	42	44.2	17	36.9
Not knowledgeable	12	26.8	33	34.7	22	47.9
Reasons for the necessity for the JSHto formulate its own code of conduct for scientists
No comments	11	23.9	96	100.0	47	100.0	<0.01*
With comments	35	76.1	0	0.0	0	0.0

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