NI Life and Times Survey - 2001: WLDGO1

Year: 2001
Module:Health Issues
Variable:WLDGO1 - WLDGO12

If response to LOOKINFO is 'No' or 'Don't know' ...

If you did need to find information about a health problem or health issue, where would you go to find information or advice about this?

The following tables show the percentage of respondents identifying each source.

	%
A doctor or other health professional	91
A friend or relative who is a health professional	10
Another friend or relative	5
Someone who practices alternative medicine	4
The internet	8
Books	10
Leaflets	9
A telephone helpline	3
A support group	2
A pharmacist	14
Other	<1
(Don't know/can't remember)	2

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

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
A doctor or other health professional	93	89
A friend or relative who is a health professional	11	9
Another friend or relative	5	6
Someone who practices alternative medicine	5	4
The internet	6	10
Books	7	11
Leaflets	7	10
A telephone helpline	2	3
A support group	2	2
A pharmacist	13	14
Other	0	1
(Don't know/can't remember)	1	3

Results for people of different ages

%

18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+

A doctor or other health professional
92 92 88 87 94 94

A friend or relative who is a health professional
13 11 13 9 6 9

Another friend or relative
10 7 7 4 2 3

Someone who practices alternative medicine
4 4 5 5 6 2

The internet
17 18 12 4 3 0

Books
11 14 11 11 8 3

Leaflets
14 11 10 11 6 2

A telephone helpline
4 5 3 4 1 0

A support group
0 0 2 0 7 1

A pharmacist
19 20 18 8 14 5

Other
0 0 2 1 0 0

(Don't know/can't remember)
3 1 3 2 2 2

Results for people of different religions

	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
A doctor or other health professional	90	93	*
A friend or relative who is a health professional	9	11	*
Another friend or relative	5	6	*
Someone who practices alternative medicine	4	3	*
The internet	5	8	*
Books	9	8	*
Leaflets	9	6	*
A telephone helpline	2	2	*
A support group	4	1	*
A pharmacist	15	11	*
Other	0	<1	*
(Don't know/can't remember)	4	1	*

* indicates that the number of people in this category is
too small to allow percentages to be calculated.

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