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Published in final edited form as: Genet Med. 2012 Jan 12;14(2):236–242. doi: 10.1038/gim.2011.57

Table 1.

Characteristics of study sample

	ASHG	PRIM&R	Total
	N = 351	N = 208	N = 559
Gender
Female	182 (52%)	158 (76%)	340 (61%)
Male	161 (46%)	46 (22%)	207 (37%)
Missing	8 (2%)	4 (2%)	12 (2%)
Years working^a
≤5 years	61 (17%)	80 (38%)	141 (25%)
>5 years	289 (82%)	118 (57%)	407 (73%)
Missing	1 (0%)	10 (5%)	11 (2%)
Opposite service
Yes	94 (27%)	91 (44%)	185 (33%)
No	253 (72%)	110 (53%)	363 (65%)
Missing	4 (1%)	7 (3%)	11 (2%)

ASHG, American Society of Human Genetics; PRIM&R, Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research.

^a

Percentages do not add to 100% due to rounding.