NI Life and Times Survey - 2005: WLDGO1

Year: 2005
Module: Complementary Medicine
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	89
A friend or relative who is a health professional	15
Another friend or relative	8
Someone who practices alternative medicine	3
The internet	19
Books	9
Leaflets	4
A telephone helpline	2
A support group	2
A pharmacist	15
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	92	86
A friend or relative who is a health professional	13	17
Another friend or relative	5	12
Someone who practices alternative medicine	2	5
The internet	17	22
Books	6	12
Leaflets	4	4
A telephone helpline	2	3
A support group	2	3
A pharmacist	12	17
Other	0	2
(Don't know/can't remember)	1	1

Results for people of different ages

%

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

A doctor or other health professional
85 87 90 85 92 98

A friend or relative who is a health professional
22 16 11 15 16 9

Another friend or relative
14 5 11 5 5 5

Someone who practices alternative medicine
10 0 1 3 5 0

The internet
45 15 19 16 6 3

Books
17 4 11 7 6 5

Leaflets
12 1 1 5 1 2

A telephone helpline
7 1 3 1 0 0

A support group
7 1 0 1 3 0

A pharmacist
17 9 18 16 14 13

Other
1 4 0 1 0 0

(Don't know/can't remember)
1 1 0 1 1 0

Results for people of different religions

	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
A doctor or other health professional	86	91	*
A friend or relative who is a health professional	15	15	*
Another friend or relative	5	10	*
Someone who practices alternative medicine	2	4	*
The internet	15	20	*
Books	7	10	*
Leaflets	4	4	*
A telephone helpline	1	3	*
A support group	2	2	*
A pharmacist	12	16	*
Other	3	0	*
(Don't know/can't remember)	1	0	*

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

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