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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, June 1999

Variable Details

VariableM235_1M1
LabelWhere find out more about cancer
Question text The next ...set of questions is/two questions are... being asked on behalf of researchers at University College London Medical School. If you wanted to know more about cancer, where would you turn for information? Please choose your answers from the card. 1st Response
Responses
1 Friends 178
2 Partner, spouse, other family member 103
3 Doctor 1193
4 Pharmacist 5
5 Magazines 29
6 Cancer charity help line 165
7 Information leaflets 76
8 Nurse 14
9 Internet 33
10 Cancer charity shop 1
11 Other (SPECIFY) 40
99 Don't know 12
98 Refused 6
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, June 1999
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD C235.1. CODE ALL THAT APPLY
UniverseAdults, aged 16 or over, living in private households in Great Britain.;Adults;Households;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study: monthly (up to year 2000, 8 cycles per year thereafter.
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