Dec 2002-Nov 2003 | Dec 2003-Nov 2005 | Dec 2005-Nov 2006 | ||||||||||||||
mean | ± | sd | p | mean | ± | sd | p | mean | ± | sd | p | |||||
Policy advocacy (%) | ||||||||||||||||
JP papers | Domestic | Positive | 7.3 | ± | 4.3 | 4.1 | ± | 2.5 | ## | 4.1 | ± | 3.1 | ||||
Negative | 2.7 | ± | 5.7 | 2.3 | ± | 3.3 | 2.5 | ± | 2.9 | |||||||
Foreign | Positive | 0.2 | ± | 0.7 | 3.9 | ± | 2.9 | ### | 2.6 | ± | 3.9 | |||||
Negative | 0.2 | ± | 0.7 | 0.1 | ± | 0.3 | 0.1 | ± | 0.4 | |||||||
US papers | Domestic | Positive | 12.7 | ± | 30.6 | 18.5 | ± | 15.2 | *** | 14.2 | ± | 15.6 | * | |||
Negative | 10.2 | ± | 30.0 | 1.6 | ± | 3.8 | 9.4 | ± | 13.0 | # | ||||||
Foreign | Positive | 4.2 | ± | 12.0 | 3.9 | ± | 11.5 | 4.0 | ± | 6.8 | ||||||
Negative | 6.3 | ± | 15.1 | 2.4 | ± | 7.0 | 4.5 | ± | 10.1 | |||||||
Rationale for policy advocacy (%) | ||||||||||||||||
JP papers | Health | 7.2 | ± | 7.9 | 15.6 | ± | 5.5 | ### | 15.6 | ± | 8.3 | |||||
Economy | 21.2 | ± | 8.9 | 24.8 | ± | 9.6 | 20.2 | ± | 10.0 | |||||||
Balance | 1.4 | ± | 2.0 | 2.4 | ± | 2.4 | 0.2 | ± | 0.6 | ## | ||||||
Acceptance | 0.0 | ± | 0.0 | 0.5 | ± | 0.8 | # | 0.6 | ± | 1.1 | ||||||
US papers | Health | 38.1 | ± | 43.1 | * | 50.1 | ± | 15.8 | *** | 57.3 | ± | 25.4 | *** | |||
Economy | 33.4 | ± | 29.3 | 49.9 | ± | 23.4 | *** | 49.8 | ± | 23.7 | *** | |||||
Balance | 6.1 | ± | 11.3 | 14.2 | ± | 16.2 | *** | 24.7 | ± | 30.3 | * | |||||
Acceptance | 20.2 | ± | 31.3 | * | 34.3 | ± | 18.9 | *** | 42.2 | ± | 19.2 | *** |