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

 

%

A journalist writing in a newspaper4
A hospital consultant21
A government offical5
A TV reporter3
Your own GP20
A friend who was a health professional7
Scientists working for health research charities31
None of these5
(Don't know)5

 

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Results for men and women

 

%

  Male Female
A journalist writing in a newspaper 4 3
A hospital consultant 22 20
A government offical 5 4
A TV reporter 2 3
Your own GP 16 22
A friend who was a health professional 8 6
Scientists working for health research charities 32 30
None of these 6 5
(Don't know) 4 7

  

 

Results for people of different ages

 

%

  18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
A journalist writing in a newspaper 4 3 1 5 4 5
A hospital consultant 17 23 23 16 23 22
A government offical 1 3 5 5 6 6
A TV reporter 2 2 3 4 1 3
Your own GP 22 16 19 21 18 24
A friend who was a health professional 9 11 6 9 7 2
Scientists working for health research charities 35 31 34 32 35 20
None of these 7 6 4 6 4 6
(Don't know) 3 5 5 3 4 12

 

  

Results for people of different religions

 

%

  Catholic Protestant No religion
A journalist writing in a newspaper 3 4 4
A hospital consultant 20 22 18
A government offical 4 4 8
A TV reporter 3 2 0
Your own GP 20 21 15
A friend who was a health professional 8 7 8
Scientists working for health research charities 33 29 33
None of these 4 6 8
(Don't know) 4 6 6

 

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