Year: 1998
Module:Public Understanding of Science
Variable:PROBAB3
Doctors tell a couple that their genetic make-up means that they've got a one in four chance of having a child with an inherited illness. Does this mean that each of the couple's children has the same risk of suffering from the illness?

 

%

Yes

77

No

11

Dont know

12

 

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Results for men and women

 

%

 

Male

Female

Yes

80

75

No

10

13

Dont know

10

13

  

 

Results for people of different ages

 

%

 

18-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65+

Yes

79

86

84

79

70

60

No

12

7

11

12

16

12

Dont know

9

7

5

10

14

28

 

  

Results for people of different religions

 

%

 

Catholic

Protestant

No religion

Yes

75

78

86

No

13

11

7

Dont know

13

12

7

 

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