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Table 2 Familial aggregation of physicians, psychologists, and psychotherapists among medical students

From: Unto the third generation: evidence for strong familial aggregation of physicians, psychologists, and psychotherapists among first-year medical and psychology students in a nationwide Austrian cohort census

Type of relationship to respondent

Total (N = 881)

Men (n = 468)

Women (n = 413)

Med

Psy

Pt

Med

Psy

Pt

Med

Psy

Pt

First-degree relatives

 Father

19.6

0.5

2.2

20.9

0.9

2.6

18.2

0.0

1.7

 Mother

6.4

1.1

1.6

5.6

1.7

1.1

7.3

0.5

2.2

 Brother

1.9

0.3

0.1

2.1

0.4

0.2

1.7

0.2

0.0

 Sister

3.2

2.5

0.2

3.0

2.6

0.4

3.4

2.4

0.0

Second-degree relativesa

 Grandfather

5.7/5.9

0.3/0.3

0.2/0.2

6.6/5.3

0.4/0.6

0.4/0.0

4.6/6.5

0.2/0.0

0.0/0.5

 Grandmother

2.4/1.7

0.1/0.1

0.0/0.0

2.4/1.5

0.2/0.2

0.0/0.0

2.4/1.9

0.0/0.0

0.0/0.0

 Uncle

5.7/5.3

0.2/0.2

0.0/0.2

5.6/4.7

0.2/0.4

0.0/0.0

5.8/6.1

0.2/0.0

0.0/0.5

 Aunt

4.5/3.2

0.9/1.0

0.2/0.3

4.9/3.0

0.4/0.6

0.2/0.2

4.1/3.4

1.5/1.5

0.2/0.5

Third-degree relativesa

 Parents’ brother-in-law

3.2/3.3

0.1/0.5

0.1/0.1

4.3/2.8

0.0/0.4

0.0/0.0

1.9/3.9

0.2/0.5

0.2/0.2

 Parents’ sister-in-law

2.8/2.2

0.6/0.2

0.3/0.1

2.6/1.7

0.4/0.0

0.2/0.0

3.1/2.7

0.7/0.5

0.5/0.2

 Male cousin

4.5/2.4

0.1/0.2

0.0/0.1

3.8/2.1

0.0/0.0

0.0/0.2

5.3/2.7

0.2/0.5

0.0/0.0

 Female cousin

4.4/5.6

0.7/0.9

0.3/0.1

3.0/4.9

0.4/0.4

0.2/0.0

6.1/6.3

1.0/1.5

0.5/0.2

Any first-degree relative

24.0

4.0

3.9

24.8

5.1

4.1

23.0

2.7

3.6

Any second-degree relative

22.7

3.1

1.2

22.0

2.8

0.9

23.5

3.4

1.7

Any third-degree relative

19.8

3.2

1.1

17.9

1.7

0.6

21.8

4.8

1.7

Any relative

44.6

8.7

5.8

44.4

8.8

5.3

44.8

8.7

6.3

  1. Numbers are percentages. Med physicians and medical undergraduates combined, Psy psychologists and psychology undergraduates combined, Pt psychotherapists and individuals in psychotherapeutic training combined. aFather’s/mother’s side