NI Life and Times Survey - 1998: BSECONFN

Year: 1998
Module:Public Understanding of Science
Variable:BSECONFN

If each of the people on this card made a statement about 'mad cow disease' - BSE - who would you have next most confidence in?

	%
A scientist in a government department	14
A scientist in a consumer organisation	33
A scientist in a university	24
A scientist in the meat industry	9
A scientist writing in a newspaper	13
A journalist writing in a newspaper	4
None of these	2
Dont know	1

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
A scientist in a government department	13	14
A scientist in a consumer organisation	31	34
A scientist in a university	26	23
A scientist in the meat industry	7	11
A scientist writing in a newspaper	14	13
A journalist writing in a newspaper	6	3
None of these	2	2
Dont know	2	1

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
A scientist in a government department	16	16	12	7	16	18
A scientist in a consumer organisation	31	37	31	36	27	30
A scientist in a university	30	26	27	20	23	22
A scientist in the meat industry	9	7	9	10	12	6
A scientist writing in a newspaper	3	9	18	19	12	16
A journalist writing in a newspaper	7	3	3	6	4	4
None of these	2	2	1	2	4	2
Dont know	3	0	1	0	1	3

Results for people of different religions

	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
A scientist in a government department	16	12	14
A scientist in a consumer organisation	32	33	29
A scientist in a university	23	24	31
A scientist in the meat industry	11	9	5
A scientist writing in a newspaper	11	15	13
A journalist writing in a newspaper	4	4	5
None of these	2	2	2
Dont know	0	2	2