Year: 2001
Module:Health Issues
Variable:BSECONFL
If each of the people on this card made a statement about mad cow disease - BSE - who would you have least confidence in?

 

%

A journalist writing in a newspaper42
A hospital consultant1
A government offical32
A TV reporter12
Your own GP1
A friend who was a health professional1
Scientists working for health research charities2
None of these3
(Don't know)7

 

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Results for men and women

 

%

  Male Female
A journalist writing in a newspaper 43 41
A hospital consultant 1 2
A government offical 33 31
A TV reporter 12 13
Your own GP 1 1
A friend who was a health professional 1 1
Scientists working for health research charities 2 1
None of these 3 3
(Don't know) 6 8

  

 

Results for people of different ages

 

%

  18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
A journalist writing in a newspaper 36 42 44 42 40 44
A hospital consultant 0 0 1 1 3 2
A government offical 35 33 31 35 33 23
A TV reporter 14 14 13 13 12 11
Your own GP 1 0 1 0 0 1
A friend who was a health professional 0 0 1 1 3 0
Scientists working for health research charities 0 1 3 2 1 1
None of these 7 3 2 1 2 4
(Don't know) 7 7 5 6 7 13

 

  

Results for people of different religions

 

%

  Catholic Protestant No religion
A journalist writing in a newspaper 40 44 36
A hospital consultant 2 1 0
A government offical 34 30 31
A TV reporter 10 14 18
Your own GP 0 1 0
A friend who was a health professional 1 1 1
Scientists working for health research charities 2 1 4
None of these 4 2 3
(Don't know) 7 7 7

 

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