Year: 2001
Module:Health Issues
Variable:EXTRA1 - EXTRA12

If response to RELYDOC is 'Try and get more information myself' ...

Where would you go to get more information?

The following tables show the percentage of respondents identifying each source.

 

 
%
A doctor or other health professional
27
A friend or relative who is a health professional
28
Another friend or relative
10
Someone who practices alternative medicine
10
The internet
38
Books
34
Leaflets
15
A telephone helpline
7
A support group
8
A pharmacist
6
Other
1
(Don't know/can't remember)
1

 

Go to results for men and women, people of different ages and people of different religions.

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Results for men and women

 

%

  Male Female
A doctor or other health professional
33 23
A friend or relative who is a health professional
29 28
Another friend or relative
15 8
Someone who practices alternative medicine
8 11
The internet
35 40
Books
25 39
Leaflets
13 17
A telephone helpline
9 6
A support group
9 7
A pharmacist
7 5
Other
2 1
(Don't know/can't remember)
2 1

  

 

Results for people of different ages
The number of people within each category is too small to allow percentages to be calculated

  

Results for people of different religions

 

%

  Catholic Protestant No religion
A doctor or other health professional
31 28 *
A friend or relative who is a health professional
26 33 *
Another friend or relative
10 12 *
Someone who practices alternative medicine
5 13 *
The internet
30 41 *
Books
32 36 *
Leaflets
14 15 *
A telephone helpline
3 10 *
A support group
6 12 *
A pharmacist
7 6 *
Other
2 1 *
(Don't know/can't remember)
0 1 *

* indicates that the number of people in this category is
too small to allow percentages to be calculated.

 

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