NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2005
Module: Complementary Medicine
Variable: HBEN2

Different things help different people when coping with health problems. Which of these things do you yourself think is probably of next most benefit?

	%
Complementary and alternative therapies	6
Seeing your GP	12
Folk remedies	1
The power of prayer	14
Inner spirituality	1
A positive mental state	19
Support from family and friends	20
Support from the church	2
Good information about the health problem	21
Other (please specify)	1
(Don't know)	3

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Complementary and alternative therapies	4	8
Seeing your GP	10	14
Folk remedies	1	1
The power of prayer	12	16
Inner spirituality	2	1
A positive mental state	23	15
Support from family and friends	19	22
Support from the church	2	2
Good information about the health problem	22	19
Other (please specify)	1	1
(Don't know)	4	2

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Complementary and alternative therapies	7	7	8	8	7	1
Seeing your GP	14	15	13	13	9	11
Folk remedies	0	1	2	1	1	1
The power of prayer	1	3	6	11	18	31
Inner spirituality	1	1	1	1	4	1
A positive mental state	16	20	20	21	19	16
Support from family and friends	23	26	24	18	19	16
Support from the church	1	1	1	2	2	5
Good information about the health problem	32	26	22	24	17	11
Other (please specify)	1	0	0	1	1	2
(Don't know)	4	2	2	1	5	4

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Complementary and alternative therapies 7 6 8
Seeing your GP 14 11 11
Folk remedies 2 1 0
The power of prayer 15 16 0
Inner spirituality 2 1 1
A positive mental state 19 18 17
Support from family and friends 19 21 23
Support from the church 1 3 1
Good information about the health problem 21 18 30
Other (please specify) 0 1 1
(Don't know) 1 3 8

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NI Life and Times Survey - ~year: HBEN1

Year: 2005
Module:Complementary_Medicine
Variable:HBEN1

Different things help different people when coping with health problems. Which of these things do you yourself think is probably of next most benefit?

	%
Complementary and alternative therapies	4
Seeing your G.P.	65
Folk remedies	0
The power of prayer	5
Inner spirituality	1
A positive mental state	8
Support from family and friends	5
Support from the church	0
Good information about the health problem	11
Other (please specify)	1
(Don't know)	1

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Complementary and alternative therapies	3	4
Seeing your g.p.	70	60
Folk remedies	0	1
The power of prayer	5	6
Inner spirituality	0	1
A positive mental state	6	9
Support from family and friends	4	5
Support from the church	0	0
Good information about the health problem	10	13
Other (please specify)	1	1
(don't know)	1	1

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Complementary and alternative therapies	5	2	4	4	4	2
Seeing your g.p.	65	61	64	62	61	75
Folk remedies	0	1	0	1	0	0
The power of prayer	1	1	6	4	10	11
Inner spirituality	1	2	1	0	0	0
A positive mental state	3	6	9	15	9	4
Support from family and friends	5	8	5	4	4	3
Support from the church	0	0	0	1	0	1
Good information about the health problem	20	17	10	9	10	4
Other (please specify)	0	0	1	1	1	1
(don't know)	1	1	2	0	1	1

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Complementary and alternative therapies 4 3 4
Seeing your g.p. 65 67 56
Folk remedies 1 0 1
The power of prayer 6 6 1
Inner spirituality 1 0 1
A positive mental state 6 8 17
Support from family and friends 4 4 5
Support from the church 0 0 0
Good information about the health problem 12 11 15
Other (please specify) 1 0 1
(don't know) 1 1 1

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	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
Complementary and alternative therapies	7	6	8
Seeing your GP	14	11	11
Folk remedies	2	1	0
The power of prayer	15	16	0
Inner spirituality	2	1	1
A positive mental state	19	18	17
Support from family and friends	19	21	23
Support from the church	1	3	1
Good information about the health problem	21	18	30
Other (please specify)	0	1	1
(Don't know)	1	3	8