NI Life and Times Survey - 2001: GOINFO1

Year: 2001
Module:Health Issues
Variable:GOINFO1 - GOINFO12

If response to LOOKINFO is 'Yes' ...

Thinking about the health problem or health issue which was the most important for you, where did you go to find information or advice about this?

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

	%
A doctor or other health professional	87
A friend or relative who is a health professional	12
Another friend or relative	5
Someone who practices alternative medicine	10
The internet	18
Books	18
Leaflets	15
A telephone helpline	2
A support group	6
A pharmacist	11
Other	2
(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	90	84
A friend or relative who is a health professional	12	11
Another friend or relative	5	6
Someone who practices alternative medicine	13	9
The internet	15	19
Books	13	21
Leaflets	11	18
A telephone helpline	2	2
A support group	5	7
A pharmacist	14	9
Other	2	2
(Don't know/can't remember)	0	1

Results for people of different ages

The number of people in 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	91	86	*
A friend or relative who is a health professional	10	14	*
Another friend or relative	5	6	*
Someone who practices alternative medicine	6	13	*
The internet	14	20	*
Books	14	20	*
Leaflets	13	17	*
A telephone helpline	1	2	*
A support group	2	8	*
A pharmacist	6	14	*
Other	1	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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