Year: 1998
Module:Public Understanding of Science
Variable:PROBAB4
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 if their first three children are healthy, the fourth will have the illness?

 

%

Yes

6

No

78

Dont know

16

 

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Results for men and women

 

%

 

Male

Female

Yes

6

7

No

82

74

Dont know

12

19

  

 

Results for people of different ages

 

%

 

18-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65+

Yes

6

7

5

8

8

6

No

79

80

85

80

75

64

Dont know

16

14

11

12

17

30

 

  

Results for people of different religions

 

%

 

Catholic

Protestant

No religion

Yes

4

7

6

No

78

76

88

Dont know

17

17

6

 

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