Table 4. Among those expressing an opinion, distribution of ratings of knowledge of rules and regulations, and adequacy of enforcement of laws, review of proposals, minimizing harm, and sufficiency of rules (all exclude respondents answering “Nothing” for knowledge of rules, or “Don’t know” for other questions).
| Respondent character-istics | Rules X(SD) (2–5 scale)1 |
Enforcement X(SD) (1–5 scale)2 |
Review X(SD) (1–5 scale)2 |
Harm X(SD) (1–5 scale)2 |
Sufficiency X(SD) (1–3 scale)3 |
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| Stu | Fac | Stu | Fac | Stu | Fac | Stu | Fac | Stu | Fac | |
| All | 2.7 (0.9) | 3.1 (1.1) | 3.7 (1.0) | 4.3 (0.7) | 3.9 (1.0) | 4.4 (0.7) | 3.8 (1.1) | 4.4 (0.8) | 2.2 (0.6) | 2.0 (0.5) |
| Male | 2.7 (0.9) | 3.3 (1.1) | 3.9 (0.9) | 4.3 (0.7) | 3.9 (0.9) | 4.4 (0.7) | 4.1 (1.0) | 4.4 (0.7) | 2.0 (0.6) | 1.9 (0.4) |
| Female | 2.7 (0.9) | 3.0 (1.2) | 3.7 (1.0) | 4.2 (0.8) | 3.9 (0.9) | 4.4 (0.6) | 3.8 (1.0) | 4.3 (0.8) | 2.2 (0.6) | 2.1 (0.5) |
| OR4 vs M | 1.1 ns | 0.67 ns | 0.57 ns | 0.59 ns | 1.1 ns | 0.83 ns | 0.53 ns | 1.0 ns | 2.3* | 1.4 ns |
| Bio. Sci. | 2.9 (1.0) | 3.8 (1.0) | 4.0 (0.8) | 4.5 (0.6) | 4.1 (0.8) | 4.5 (0.6) | 4.0 (0.9) | 4.6 (0.6) | 2.2 (0.5) | 1.8 (0.4) |
| Phys. Sci. | 2.4 (0.8) | 2.8 (0.9) | 3.7 (0.7) | 4.2 (0.6) | 3.8 (0.9) | 4.2 (0.8) | 4.0 (0.9) | 4.3 (0.9) | 2.0 (0.7) | 2.0 (0.4) |
| OR4 vs Bio | 0.42* | 0.12*** | 0.26* | 0.36*** | 1.0 ns | 0.35*** | 0.58 ns | 0.57 ns | 0.55 ns | 3.2** |
| Soc. Sci. | 2.4 (0.6) | 2.7 (0.8) | 3.3 (1.2) | 4.1 (0.9) | 3.5 (1.0) | 4.4 (0.6) | 3.6 (1.3) | 4.1 (0.8) | 2.2 (0.8) | 2.2 (0.4) |
| OR4 vs Bio | 0.39 ns | 0.14*** | 0.34 ns | 0.36** | 0.52 ns | 0.61 ns | 0.85 ns | 0.33*** | 1.6 ns | 8.0*** |
| A and H | 2.6 (1.0) | 2.6 (0.7) | 2.8 (1.3) | 3.7 (0.9) | 3.1 (1.4) | 4.0 (7.3) | 3.1 (1.5) | 3.8 (0.8) | 2.2 (0.7) | 2.4 (0.5) |
| OR4 vs Bio | 0.74 ns | 0.11*** | 0.17 ns | 0.09*** | 0.9 ns | 0.19*** | 0.13* | 0.11*** | 0.46 ns | 19*** |
| I do not think that there is anything wrong with using animals in medical research.5 | ||||||||||
| Agree | 2.9 (1.0) | 3.4 (1.1) | 4.1 (0.8) | 4.4 (0.6) | 4.2 (0.8) | 4.5 (0.5) | 4.2 (0.8) | 4.5 (0.6) | 2.0 (0.4) | 1.9 (0.4) |
| OR4 vs N | 2.6*** | 3.0*** | 1.5 ns | 2.6*** | 2.5* | 2.8*** | 2.1 ns | 2.8*** | 0.60 ns | 0.29** |
| Neither (N) | 2.4 (0.6) | 2.7 (0.8) | 3.6 (1.0) | 4.0 (0.7) | 3.6 (1.0) | 4.2 (0.7) | 3.6 (1.1) | 4.2 (0.7) | 2.1 (0.4) | 2.1 (0.5) |
| Disagree | 2.5 (0.7) | 2.9 (0.9) | 3.1 (1.0) | 3.8 (0.9) | 3.3 (1.1) | 4.1 (0.8) | 3.3 (1.2) | 3.7 (1.0) | 2.5 (0.7) | 2.4 (0.6) |
| OR4 vs N | 1.1 ns | 1.8 * | 0.25** | 0.74 ns | 0.67 ns | 0.69 ns | 0.47 ns | 0.48* | 4.9*** | 4.1*** |
ns, not significant
* p<0.05
** p<0.01
1Higher numbers indicate greater self-reported knowledge
2Higher numbers indicate greater self-reported belief in quality of compliance
3Higher numbers indicate greater self-reported belief that regulations should be strengthened
4OR, Odds ratio using multivariate analysis
5Agree = strongly agree and agree; N = neither agree nor disagree; Disagree = strongly disagree or disagree.