NI Life and Times Survey - 2001: HELP1

Year: 2001
Module:Health Issues
Variable:HELP1 - HELP17

If response to HEALPROB is 'Yes' ...

Looking at this card, can you tell me if any of these have helped you to build up your knowledge of a particular health issue or health problem?

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

	%
A doctor or other health professional	72
A friend or relative who is a health professional	18
Another friend or relative	14
Someone who practices alternative medicine	10
The internet	17
Books	32
Leaflets	13
A telephone helpline	1
A support group	10
Staellite or digitial TV channels	2
Magazines	14
Newspapers	6
TV soaps	<1
Other TV programmes	5
Classes at school	2
Other	7
(Don't know/can't remember)	0

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

72

72

A friend or relative who is a health professional

21

16

Another friend or relative

13

15

Someone who practices alternative medicine

13

8

The internet

13

19

Books

30

34

Leaflets

13

13

A telephone helpline

2

1

A support group

7

12

Staellite or digitial TV channels

2

2

Magazines

10

16

Newspapers

7

5

TV soaps

0

1

Other TV programmes

4

6

Classes at school

0

3

Other

6

9

(Don't know/can't remember)

0

0

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

The number of people within each category is too small to allow percentages to be calculated

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