Year: 1998
Module:Public Understanding of Science
Variable:PROBAB2
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 their first child has the illness, the next three will not?

 

%

Yes

6

No

81

Dont know

13

 

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Results for men and women

 

%

 

Male

Female

Yes

4

6

No

85

78

Dont know

10

16

  

 

Results for people of different ages

 

%

 

18-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65+

Yes

5

4

2

6

11

8

No

87

84

90

84

77

63

Dont know

9

12

8

10

12

29

 

  

Results for people of different religions

 

%

 

Catholic

Protestant

No religion

Yes

5

6

5

No

81

80

87

Dont know

14

14

8

 

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