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 4 Responses among junior members^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	8	42.1	28	56.0	24	48.0	0.53
Female	11	57.9	22	44.0	26	52.0
Qualifications
Physician, dentist	6	33.3	28	59.5	22	46.8	0.36
Nurse, public health nurse, pharmacist, nutritionist	5	27.8	6	12.8	9	19.1
Other	7	38.9	13	27.7	16	34.1
Position
Professor	1	5.3	5	10.2	5	10.6	0.93
Associate professor	3	15.8	8	16.3	5	10.6
Lecturer	3	15.8	7	14.3	11	23.4
Assistant professor	5	26.3	12	24.5	13	27.7
Senior researcher, laboratory chief	1	5.3	4	8.2	1	2.1
Other	6	31.6	13	26.5	12	25.5
Affiliated institution
University Medical School	8	53.3	22	45.8	33	67.3	0.07
University, non-Medical School	5	33.3	10	20.8	11	22.4
Research Institute	2	13.4	12	25.1	2	4.2
Government Institution	0	0.0	4	8.3	3	6.1
Experience on an Ethical Review Board (Now or in the past)
Yes	1	5.3	5	9.6	6	12.0	0.70
No	18	94.7	47	90.4	44	88.0
Knowledge about the code of conduct
Knowledgeable	23	35.9	25	17.1	11	11.3	<0.01*
Recognized title but did not know contents	20	31.3	59	40.4	30	30.9
Not knowledgeable	21	32.8	62	42.5	56	57.8
Reasons for the necessity for the JSH to formulate its own code of conduct for scientists
No comments	6	31.6	51	100.0	51	100.0	<0.01*
With comments	13	68.4	0	0.0	0	0.0

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