NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2005
Module: Complementary Medicine
Variable: CUSEFL5

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 osteopathy can be for some health problems?

	%
Definitely helpful for some conditions	15
Probably helpful for some conditions	40
Probably not helpful	3
Definitely not helpful	1
(Don't know)	31
Never heard of it	9

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	12	18
Probably helpful for some conditions	37	43
Probably not helpful	3	3
Definitely not helpful	2	1
(Don't know)	33	30
Never heard of it	13	6

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Definitely helpful for some conditions	23	16	13	17	14	9
Probably helpful for some conditions	38	48	43	46	39	29
Probably not helpful	2	5	3	4	5	1
Definitely not helpful	0	0	1	2	1	3
(Don't know)	28	20	33	27	33	44
Never heard of it	9	12	8	5	10	14

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Definitely helpful for some conditions 15 15 15
Probably helpful for some conditions 42 39 41
Probably not helpful 3 3 3
Definitely not helpful 2 1 2
(Don't know) 29 33 30
Never heard of it 9 10 9

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	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
Definitely helpful for some conditions	15	15	15
Probably helpful for some conditions	42	39	41
Probably not helpful	3	3	3
Definitely not helpful	2	1	2
(Don't know)	29	33	30
Never heard of it	9	10	9