NI Life and Times Survey - 2018: Heard of palliative care

From where, if at all, had you previously heard of the term 'palliative care'?

This table combines the responses to the variables HEARDPC1 TO HEARDPCDK.
Respondents could identify more than one response.

	%
I have never heard of the term	14
A friend/relative received palliative care	44
My job involves/involved working with people who received palliative care	11
I am receiving palliative care	<0.5
I heard about it from TV, newspapers and social media	20
I heard about it from another source	10
Not sure/can't remember	14

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
I have never heard of the term	18	11
A friend/relative received palliative care	39	49
My job involves/involved working with people who received palliative care	6	15
I am receiving palliative care	*	*
I heard about it from TV, newspapers and social media	21	19
I heard about it from another source	9	11
Not sure/can't remember	17	12

* number of respondents is too small to calculate percentage

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
I have never heard of the term	31	22	11	8	6	14
A friend/relative received palliative care	18	36	39	51	52	52
My job involves/involved working with people who received palliative care>	9	17	13	12	14	6
I am receiving palliative care	*	*	*	*	*	*
I heard about it from TV, newspapers and social media	15	15	31	17	20	18
I heard about it from another source	32	5	9	9	9	6
Not sure/can't remember	6	15	13	14	13	16

* number of respondents is too small to calculate percentage

Results for people of different religions

	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
I have never heard of the term	16	11	15
A friend/relative received palliative care	45	46	39
My job involves/involved working with people who received palliative care	12	11	13
I am receiving palliative care	*	*	*
I heard about it from TV, newspapers and social media	21	19	18
I heard about it from another source	8	11	13
Not sure/can't remember	12	15	11

* number of respondents is too small to calculate percentage