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Table 3 Final model of variables associated with unofficial payments from medical students to teachers for passing an examination, 2007 survey

From: Reducing corruption in a Mexican medical school: impact assessment across two cross-sectional surveys

Variable

Crude Odds Ratio

Adjusted Odds Ratio

95% confidence interval

Student in fourth year

14.9

9.6

5.4 – 16.9

Sexual harassment by teachers

3.6

3.2

1.4 – 7.4

Political harassment by teachers

3.6

3.2

1.6 – 6.3

Enrolled in university >5 yrs

4.7

2.6

1.4 – 4.9

  1. The following variables were included in the initial model:
  2. Sex of the student
  3. Age of the student
  4. Course year of the student
  5. Years of enrolled in the university
  6. Perception of corruption as main problem in the university
  7. Perception of corruption as main academic problem in the medical school
  8. Sexual harassment by teachers
  9. Political harassment by teachers
  10. Unofficial payments for an administrative procedure
  11. Unofficial payment for admission to the medical school
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