General Social Survey, 2000

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HLTHFREL If R has looked for information about a health concern or medical problem in the past year: Please tell me if you tried to find such health information from: -- Friends or relatives?   0) Not at all   1) 1-2 times   2) 3 or more times   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Not at all	201	49.6%	49.6%	-.54
1-2 times	122	30.1%	79.8%	-.03
3 or more times	61	15.1%	94.8%	.47
No answer	21	5.2%	100%	3.98

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Marital status Race Household income Political ideology Religion Education

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Not at all	36.8% 21	43.7% 59	55.0% 72	59.8% 49	49.6% 201
1-2 times	42.1% 24	32.6% 44	30.5% 40	17.1% 14	30.1% 122
3 or more times	12.3% 7	19.3% 26	11.5% 15	15.9% 13	15.1% 61
No answer	8.8% 5	4.4% 6	3.1% 4	7.3% 6	5.2% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 57	100.0% 135	100.0% 131	100.0% 82	405

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Not at all	49.7% 78	49.6% 123	49.6% 201
1-2 times	29.9% 47	30.2% 75	30.1% 122
3 or more times	15.3% 24	14.9% 37	15.1% 61
No answer	5.1% 8	5.2% 13	5.2% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 157	100.0% 248	405

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Not at all	53.0% 105	56.8% 25	46.4% 32	28.6% 4	43.8% 35	49.6% 201
1-2 times	26.3% 52	25.0% 11	34.8% 24	28.6% 4	38.8% 31	30.1% 122
3 or more times	15.7% 31	13.6% 6	13.0% 9	35.7% 5	12.5% 10	15.1% 61
No answer	5.1% 10	4.5% 2	5.8% 4	7.1% 1	5.0% 4	5.2% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 198	100.0% 44	100.0% 69	100.0% 14	100.0% 80	405

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Not at all	50.3% 169	44.0% 22	52.6% 10	49.6% 201
1-2 times	29.2% 98	38.0% 19	26.3% 5	30.1% 122
3 or more times	14.9% 50	14.0% 7	21.1% 4	15.1% 61
No answer	5.7% 19	4.0% 2	0.0% 0	5.2% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 336	100.0% 50	100.0% 19	405

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10K	$10K - 19,999	$20K - 24,999	$25K+	TOTAL
Not at all	45.9% 17	51.9% 28	78.3% 18	46.3% 112	49.2% 175
1-2 times	29.7% 11	27.8% 15	13.0% 3	32.6% 79	30.3% 108
3 or more times	18.9% 7	14.8% 8	0.0% 0	18.2% 44	16.6% 59
No answer	5.4% 2	5.6% 3	8.7% 2	2.9% 7	3.9% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 37	100.0% 54	100.0% 23	100.0% 242	356

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	TOTAL
Not at all	49.0% 51	52.7% 78	46.7% 64	49.6% 193
1-2 times	37.5% 39	27.0% 40	29.9% 41	30.8% 120
3 or more times	7.7% 8	16.9% 25	18.2% 25	14.9% 58
No answer	5.8% 6	3.4% 5	5.1% 7	4.6% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 104	100.0% 148	100.0% 137	389

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Not at all	52.5% 124	44.3% 43	58.3% 7	44.4% 20	50.0% 7	49.8% 201
1-2 times	26.7% 63	30.9% 30	33.3% 4	44.4% 20	35.7% 5	30.2% 122
3 or more times	14.8% 35	19.6% 19	8.3% 1	8.9% 4	14.3% 2	15.1% 61
No answer	5.9% 14	5.2% 5	0.0% 0	2.2% 1	0.0% 0	5.0% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 236	100.0% 97	100.0% 12	100.0% 45	100.0% 14	404

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Not at all	54.7% 29	55.2% 107	43.8% 14	43.5% 37	35.9% 14	49.9% 201
1-2 times	24.5% 13	26.8% 52	37.5% 12	35.3% 30	35.9% 14	30.0% 121
3 or more times	11.3% 6	12.4% 24	18.8% 6	18.8% 16	20.5% 8	14.9% 60
No answer	9.4% 5	5.7% 11	0.0% 0	2.4% 2	7.7% 3	5.2% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 53	100.0% 194	100.0% 32	100.0% 85	100.0% 39	403