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How useful was the cancer-related information you got from the Internet?

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[CA-16]  {Thinking about all the times you've looked for cancer information on the Internet,} How useful was the cancer-related information you got from the Internet? Would you say very useful, somewhat useful, a little useful, or not at all useful?

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Estimated U.S. Adult Population information
Survey Respondents information
  Response Number Percentage Sample
Responses
Sample
Percentage
1 Very useful 26,616,226 45.7% 680 45.9%
2 Somewhat useful 25,090,422 43.1% 642 43.3%
3 A little useful 5,409,086 9.3% 138 9.3%
4 Not at all useful 861,089 1.4% 15 1.0%
99 Don't know 144,089 0.2% 6 0.4%
 
Total
- 100% 1,481 100%
Survey Notes:
HINTS 2005 Survey Instrument (English): PDF  
Who was asked:
People who use the Internet , People who have looked for information about cancer for themselves , People who have visited a web site for information about cancer  
Data collection method:
Phone
Question source:
Revised from: Pew Internet & American Life Project & American Life Project, Health Care and the Internet Survey, August 2000, question Q16 
Dataset:
2005
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