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Table 2 Respondents’ relationship to persons with disability or chronic condition

From: “A doctor who really knows …”: a survey of community perspectives on medical students and practitioners with disability

Persons with disability known to respondents

Percentage

n = 191

A relativea

49.7%

86

A close friend

34.7%

60

A person in your local communitya

28.9%

50

A colleague or co-worker

16.2%

28

Your partner

14.5%

25

Other person

13.9%

24

Your child

9.3%

17

Selfb

8.7%

15

Your health service provider

0.6%

1

Your boss

0.6%

1

  1. Total does not add to 100% due to multiple selections
  2. aAdditional free text responses included in this category
  3. bNew category emerged from free text responses