NI Life and Times Survey - 2015 : CONSENT1

It isn't necessary to ask for consent for linking data in these ways as long as there is a guarantee that nobody will be identified

You should always have try to get consent when you can, but if the difficulties are too great, important research should not have to be abandoned for this reason

You should always have to ask for each individual patient's consent before linking their data with anything else and you will have to abandon the research if there are difficulties contacting people

Don't know

Some people think that you should not be allowed to link data in these ways unless you have the consent of each individual patient - even if this means that the research might have to be abandoned because of difficulties contacting patients. Other people think that consent is not necessary in cases like these. Which of these three statements comes closest to your own view?

	%
It isn't necessary to ask for consent for linking data in these ways as long as there is a guarantee that nobody will be identified	30
You should always have try to get consent when you can, but if the difficulties are too great, important research should not have to be abandoned for this reason	34
You should always have to ask for each individual patient's consent before linking their data with anything else and you will have to abandon the research if there are difficulties contacting people	31
Don't know	5

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

	%
	Male	Female
It isn't necessary to ask for consent for linking data in these ways as long as there is a guarantee that nobody will be identified	28	31
You should always have try to get consent when you can, but if the difficulties are too great, important research should not have to be abandoned for this reason	33	35
You should always have to ask for each individual patient's consent before linking their data with anything else and you will have to abandon the research if there are difficulties contacting people	34	29
Don't know	5	5

Results for people of different ages

Results for people of different religions

	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
It isn't necessary to ask for consent for linking data in these ways as long as there is a guarantee that nobody will be identified	25	33	36
You should always have try to get consent when you can, but if the difficulties are too great, important research should not have to be abandoned for this reason	36	34	34
You should always have to ask for each individual patient's consent before linking their data with anything else and you will have to abandon the research if there are difficulties contacting people	34	31	24
Don't know	5	3	6