NI Life and Times Survey - 1998: BSECONFL

Year: 1998
Module:Public Understanding of Science
Variable:BSECONFL

If each of the people on this card made a statement about 'mad cow disease' - BSE - who would you have least confidence in?

	%
A scientist in a government department	30
A scientist in a consumer organisation	4
A scientist in a university	2
A scientist in the meat industry	15
A scientist writing in a newspaper	3
A journalist writing in a newspaper	37
None of these	3
Don't know	7

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
A scientist in a government department	31	28
A scientist in a consumer organisation	3	4
A scientist in a university	2	2
A scientist in the meat industry	17	14
A scientist writing in a newspaper	2	3
A journalist writing in a newspaper	39	36
None of these	1	5
Don't know	5	8

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
A scientist in a government department	28	25	35	35	26	24
A scientist in a consumer organisation	3	3	3	5	2	7
A scientist in a university	3	2	1	2	2	1
A scientist in the meat industry	13	16	20	15	17	10
A scientist writing in a newspaper	4	3	1	5	3	1
A journalist writing in a newspaper	36	43	34	34	39	36
None of these	3	5	3	2	3	6
Don't know	9	3	3	2	9	17

Results for people of different religions

	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
A scientist in a government department	31	26	40
A scientist in a consumer organisation	4	3	6
A scientist in a university	2	1	1
A scientist in the meat industry	17	16	12
A scientist writing in a newspaper	2	3	2
A journalist writing in a newspaper	34	40	35
None of these	5	3	2
Don't know	7	8	1