Year: 2005
Module: Complementary Medicine
Variable: GOINFO1 - GOINFO12

If response to LOOKINFO is 'Yes' ...

Thinking about the health problem or health issue which was the most important for you, where did 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
82
A friend or relative who is a health professional
15
Another friend or relative
9
Someone who practices alternative medicine
9
The internet
31
Books
12
Leaflets
6
A telephone helpline
2
A support group
2
A pharmacist
16
Other
1
(Don't know/can't remember)
1

 

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
 85 80
A friend or relative who is a health professional
 14 16
Another friend or relative
 8 11
Someone who practices alternative medicine
 6 11
The internet
 27 35
Books
 7 16
Leaflets
 2 8
A telephone helpline
 1 2
A support group
 2 2
A pharmacist
 14 18
Other
 2 1
(Don't know/can't remember)
 0 1

  

 

Results for people of different ages

The number of people in each category is too small to allow percentages to be calculated

  

Results for people of different religions

 

%

Catholic Protestant No religion
A doctor or other health professional
 81 84 *
A friend or relative who is a health professional
 15 15 *
Another friend or relative
 9 9 *
Someone who practices alternative medicine
 6 10 *
The internet
 28 30 *
Books
 13 10 *
Leaflets
 5 6 *
A telephone helpline
 2 2 *
A support group
 1 3 *
A pharmacist
 15 17 *
Other
 2 1 *
(Don't know/can't remember)
 0 1 *

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

 

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