Table 2. Frequency with which students have received certain gifts or attended certain events sponsored by pharmaceutical companies.
| Sponsored gift / event | Total answers | Don’t know | Never | 1 to 4 times | 5 to 9 times | 10 to 14 times | 15 times or more |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lunch* | 1033 | 13 (1.3%) | 886 (85.8%) | 98 (9.5%) | 19 (1.8%) | 14 (1.4%) | 3 (0.3%) |
| Dinner* | 1032 | 12 (1.2%) | 947 (91.8%) | 67 (6.5%) | 4 (0.4%) | 1 (0.1%) | 1 (0.1%) |
| Social activity* | 1033 | 14 (1.4%) | 967 (93.6%) | 47 (4.5%) | 3 (0.3%) | 1 (0.1%) | 1 (0.1%) |
| Lecture* | 1032 | 56 (5.4%) | 722 (70.0%) | 216 (20.9%) | 27 (2.6%) | 9 (0.9%) | 2 (0.2%) |
| Noneducational gift* | 1030 | 12 (1.2%) | 342 (33.2%) | 478 (46.4%) | 105 (10.2%) | 43 (4.2%) | 50 (4.9%) |
| Educational gift* | 1033 | 11 (1.1%) | 497 (48.1%) | 448 (43.4%) | 57 (5.5%) | 10 (1.0%) | 10 (1.0%) |
| Snack* | 1032 | 25 (2.4%) | 573 (55.5%) | 314 (30.4%) | 77 (7.5%) | 27 (2.6%) | 16 (1.6%) |
| Reprint* | 1031 | 21 (2.0%) | 605 (58.7%) | 334 (32.4%) | 48 (4.7%) | 14 (1.4%) | 9 (0.9%) |
| Gift passed on by a doctor | 1027 | 14 (1.4%) | 401 (39.0%) | 461 (44.9%) | 77 (7.5%) | 33 (3.2%) | 41 (4.0%) |
*These gifts/events were used to calculate the exposure index