NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2005
Module: Complementary Medicine
Variable: CUSEFL1

Thinking about each of these complementary and alternative medicines and therapies in turn, how helpful do you think they can be for some health problems? If you have never heard of some of them, just say so.
First how helpful do you think acupuncture or acupressure can be for some health problems?

	%
Definitely helpful for some conditions	21
Probably helpful for some conditions	52
Probably not helpful	3
Definitely not helpful	1
(Don't know)	21
Never heard of it	2

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
Definitely helpful for some conditions	18	24
Probably helpful for some conditions	52	51
Probably not helpful	3	3
Definitely not helpful	1	1
(Don't know)	23	20
Never heard of it	3	2

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Definitely helpful for some conditions	29	23	20	27	19	12
Probably helpful for some conditions	51	63	57	51	49	40
Probably not helpful	3	2	3	4	4	3
Definitely not helpful	0	0	1	1	1	3
(Don't know)	17	11	17	15	26	37
Never heard of it	1	1	2	2	2	4

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Definitely helpful for some conditions 22 20 21
Probably helpful for some conditions 52 51 55
Probably not helpful 3 3 2
Definitely not helpful 1 1 2
(Don't know) 19 23 21
Never heard of it 3 2 0

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	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
Definitely helpful for some conditions	22	20	21
Probably helpful for some conditions	52	51	55
Probably not helpful	3	3	2
Definitely not helpful	1	1	2
(Don't know)	19	23	21
Never heard of it	3	2	0