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Table 3 Familial aggregation of physicians, psychologists, and psychotherapists among psychology 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 = 920)

Men (n = 245)

Women (n = 675)

Med

Psy

Pt

Med

Psy

Pt

Med

Psy

Pt

First-degree relatives

 Father

5.2

1.7

1.3

5.3

1.6

3.3

5.2

1.8

0.6

 Mother

2.3

3.3

3.4

1.6

3.3

2.9

2.5

3.3

3.6

 Brother

2.2

0.8

0.3

3.3

1.2

0.4

1.8

0.6

0.3

 Sister

1.1

1.4

0.4

1.2

2.0

0.4

1.0

1.2

0.4

Second-degree relativesa

 Grandfather

1.2/1.2

0.1/0.1

0.2/0.0

1.2/1.2

0.4/0.4

0.0/0.0

1.2/1.2

0.0/0.0

0.3/0.0

 Grandmother

0.8/0.8

0.0/0.4

0.2/0.1

0.0/0.8

0.0/0.8

0.4/0.0

1.0/0.7

0.0/0.3

0.1/0.1

 Uncle

1.5/3.8

0.7/0.7

0.2/0.8

0.8/3.3

0.8/0.8

0.0/1.2

1.8/4.0

0.6/0.6

0.3/0.6

 Aunt

1.2/2.2

1.0/1.1

0.3/1.0

1.2/2.4

0.0/1.6

0.4/1.2

1.2/2.1

1.3/0.9

0.3/0.9

Third-degree relativesa

 Parents’ brother-in-law

1.2/2.0

0.3/0.4

0.2/0.0

0.8/1.2

0.0/0.4

0.4/0.0

1.3/2.2

0.4/0.4

0.1/0.0

 Parents’ sister-in-law

1.2/1.1

0.3/0.7

0.3/0.1

0.8/1.2

0.0/0.0

0.8/0.0

1.3/1.0

0.4/0.9

0.1/0.1

 Male cousin

0.8/2.1

0.2/0.3

0.3/0.1

0.4/1.2

0.0/0.4

0.4/0.0

0.9/2.4

0.3/0.4

0.3/0.1

 Female cousin

1.8/2.9

1.6/2.5

0.3/0.3

1.6/2.4

1.6/2.4

0.0/0.8

1.9/3.1

1.6/2.5

0.4/0.1

Any first-degree relative

8.5

6.6

4.9

8.2

8.2

5.3

8.6

6.1

4.7

Any second-degree relative

9.8

3.7

2.7

7.8

4.1

2.9

10.5

3.6

2.7

Any third-degree relative

10.3

6.2

1.6

8.6

4.9

2.0

11.0

6.7

1.5

Any relative

21.3

14.1

8.6

18.8

15.5

9.4

22.2

13.6

8.3

  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