Table 4 Dental students’ level of agreement with empathy statements
From: Dentistry’s social contract and dental students’ moral inclusiveness
n | % total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Strongly Disagree/ Disagree | Neither agree nor disagree | Agree/ Strongly Agree | ||
The poor are less healthy because of their lifestyles – they smoke and drink more, don’t exercise and eat junk food | 221 | 46.6 | 29.4 | 24.0 |
The poor are less healthy because they have more stress and anxiety in their lives than those who are better off | 221 | 10.5 | 17.6 | 71.9 |
The rich are healthier because they have money to buy things that make them healthy | 221 | 14.0 | 17.6 | 68.3 |