Year: 1998
Module:Public Understanding of Science
Variable:PROBAB1
Doctors tell a couple that their genetic make-up means that they've got a one in four chance of having a child with an inherited illness. Does this mean that if they have only three children, none will have the illness?

 

%

Yes

3

No

84

Dont know

14

 

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Results for men and women

 

%

 

Male

Female

Yes

2

3

No

86

82

Dont know

12

15

  

 

Results for people of different ages

 

%

 

18-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65+

Yes

4

2

1

4

4

4

No

86

87

89

86

83

68

Dont know

9

11

10

10

14

28

 

  

Results for people of different religions

 

%

 

Catholic

Protestant

No religion

Yes

3

3

4

No

82

84

88

Dont know

15

13

9

 

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