NI Life and Times Survey - 2015 : GPSHARE1

Year: 2015
Module: Data_Sharing_and Privacy
Variable: GPSHARE1

Suppose GPs were to be allowed to share information about patients to help improve services provided by another government department. For example if they routinely passed on information about all people with a long-term illnesses like severe arthritis to the benefit offices so that those people could be encouraged or helped to apply for disability benefits. Do you think that this should be allowed?

	%
Yes definitely	45
Yes probably	33
No probably not	10
No definitely not	10
Other	1
Don't know	2

Go to results for men and women, people of different religions, and people of different ages.
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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Yes definitely	43	46
Yes probably	33	33
No probably not	11	9
No definitely not	11	9
Other	0	1
Don't know	1	3

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Yes definitely	41	44	43	43	48	48
Yes probably	27	37	37	36	34	27
No probably not	21	6	7	6	9	11
No definitely not	9	10	10	13	7	11
Other	1	0	1	1	0	0
Don't know	1	3	2	2	2	2

Results for people of different religions

	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
Yes definitely	44	48	43
Yes probably	30	35	35
No probably not	11	8	9
No definitely not	13	8	11
Other	0	1	1
Don't know	2	0	1

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