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Imagine that you had a strong need to get information about cancer. Where would you go first?

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[CA-18]  {The next time you have a strong need to get information about cancer, where will you go first?/Imagine that you had a strong need to get information about cancer. Where would you go first?}

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Estimated U.S. Adult Population information
Survey Respondents information
  Response Number Percentage Sample
Responses
Sample
Percentage
1 Printed materials 6,020,354 2.7% 173 3.0%
2 Interpersonal source 11,641,220 5.3% 262 4.6%
3 Health care provider 117,651,401 54.3% 3,194 57.1%
4 Information specialist 12,272,042 5.6% 366 6.5%
5 Internet 64,949,230 29.9% 1,510 27.0%
6 Other 1,250,735 0.5% 21 0.3%
7 Not ascertained 195,746 0.0% 5 0.0%
98 Refused 44,107 0.0% 1 0.0%
99 Don't know 2,521,935 1.1% 54 0.9%
 
Total
- 100% 5,586 100%
Survey Notes:
HINTS 2005 Survey Instrument (English): PDF  
Who was asked:
All people in the survey , People who specified some other place they would go to first for information about cancer  
Data collection method:
Phone
Question source:
Revised from: HINTS 2003, question HC-15  
Dataset:
2005
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