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Table 1 Sex and gender language and application by research type among articles included in study

From: Sex, drugs and gender roles: mapping the use of sex and gender based analysis in pharmaceutical policy research

 

Qualitative articles

(n = 14)

Quantitative articles

(n = 28)

Review articles

(n = 40)

Theory articles

(n = 3)

Total (n = 85)

Sex/gender conflation

0% (0)

7% (2)

10% (4)

33% (1)

8% (7)

Language

     

Gender

7% (1)

7% (2)

10% (4)

33% (1)

9% (8)

Sex

0% (0)

14% (4)

18% (7)

0% (0)

13% (11)

Related/Ambiguous*

36% (5)

11% (3)

30% (12)

33% (1)

25% (21)

None

64% (9)

75% (21)

63% (25)

67% (2)

67% (57)

Application

     

Gender

7% (1)

0% (0)

10% (4)

33% (1)

7% (6)

Sex

21% (3)

21% (6)

20% (8)

33% (1)

21% (18)

Related/Ambiguous**

14% (2)

4% (1)

13% (5)

33% (1)

11% (9)

None

64% (9)

75% (21)

68% (27)

67% (2)

69% (59)

  1. * Related/Ambiguous language focused on concepts such as women, pregnancy, hormones, and transsexuals.
  2. ** Related/Ambiguous application included such concepts as: pregnancy, sex hormones, gender identity, sexuality, and sexual orientation