General Social Survey, 2002

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HLTHTV 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: -- Radio or television programs?   0) Not at all   1) 1 or 2 times   2) 3-5 times   3) 6 or more times   8) Don't know   9) No answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Not at all	439	66.4%	66.4%	-.5
1 or 2 times	126	19.1%	85.5%	.33
3-5 times	54	8.2%	93.6%	1.15
6 or more times	35	5.3%	98.9%	1.98
Don't know	1	.2%	99.1%	6.12
No answer	6	.9%	100%	6.95

Variable Comparisons

Race Marital status Age Family income Political ideology Religion Education Sex

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	TOTAL
Not at all	67.3% 360	67.1% 53	67.3% 413
1 or 2 times	19.4% 104	12.7% 10	18.6% 114
3-5 times	7.5% 40	11.4% 9	8.0% 49
6 or more times	5.0% 27	6.3% 5	5.2% 32
Don't know	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	0.2% 1
No answer	0.7% 4	1.3% 1	0.8% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 535	100.0% 79	614

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Not at all	69.8% 231	46.5% 20	64.1% 84	43.8% 7	69.3% 97	66.4% 439
1 or 2 times	17.5% 58	23.3% 10	20.6% 27	12.5% 2	20.7% 29	19.1% 126
3-5 times	7.3% 24	20.9% 9	7.6% 10	37.5% 6	3.6% 5	8.2% 54
6 or more times	4.5% 15	9.3% 4	6.9% 9	6.3% 1	4.3% 6	5.3% 35
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.2% 1
No answer	0.9% 3	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	1.4% 2	0.9% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 331	100.0% 43	100.0% 131	100.0% 16	100.0% 140	661

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Not at all	73.5% 100	72.4% 155	60.1% 128	57.1% 56	66.4% 439
1 or 2 times	15.4% 21	16.8% 36	22.1% 47	22.4% 22	19.1% 126
3-5 times	6.6% 9	6.5% 14	9.9% 21	10.2% 10	8.2% 54
6 or more times	2.9% 4	3.3% 7	7.5% 16	8.2% 8	5.3% 35
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
No answer	1.5% 2	0.9% 2	0.0% 0	2.0% 2	0.9% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 136	100.0% 214	100.0% 213	100.0% 98	661

Family income (I-FINCOME)

	Less than $10K	$10K-19,999	$20K-24,999	$25K or over	TOTAL
Not at all	56.1% 32	59.3% 51	61.5% 24	71.1% 298	67.4% 405
1 or 2 times	24.6% 14	23.3% 20	12.8% 5	18.1% 76	19.1% 115
3-5 times	12.3% 7	11.6% 10	12.8% 5	6.2% 26	8.0% 48
6 or more times	7.0% 4	5.8% 5	12.8% 5	4.3% 18	5.3% 32
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 57	100.0% 86	100.0% 39	100.0% 419	601

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

Table contains all missing data

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
Not at all	63.4% 218	67.5% 102	66.7% 8	77.3% 75	69.4% 34	0.0% 0	66.8% 437
1 or 2 times	20.3% 70	19.2% 29	25.0% 3	16.5% 16	14.3% 7	0.0% 0	19.1% 125
3-5 times	9.3% 32	8.6% 13	0.0% 0	4.1% 4	8.2% 4	100.0% 1	8.3% 54
6 or more times	6.4% 22	4.6% 7	8.3% 1	2.1% 2	6.1% 3	0.0% 0	5.4% 35
Don't know	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
No answer	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 344	100.0% 151	100.0% 12	100.0% 97	100.0% 49	100.0% 1	654

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Not at all	56.5% 35	66.3% 222	64.8% 35	68.7% 92	74.3% 55	66.6% 439
1 or 2 times	14.5% 9	21.2% 71	20.4% 11	18.7% 25	13.5% 10	19.1% 126
3-5 times	12.9% 8	8.4% 28	7.4% 4	6.0% 8	5.4% 4	7.9% 52
6 or more times	9.7% 6	4.2% 14	7.4% 4	5.2% 7	5.4% 4	5.3% 35
Don't know	1.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
No answer	4.8% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 2	1.4% 1	0.9% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 62	100.0% 335	100.0% 54	100.0% 134	100.0% 74	659

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Not at all	71.8% 191	62.8% 248	66.4% 439
1 or 2 times	14.7% 39	22.0% 87	19.1% 126
3-5 times	7.5% 20	8.6% 34	8.2% 54
6 or more times	4.5% 12	5.8% 23	5.3% 35
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.2% 1
No answer	1.5% 4	0.5% 2	0.9% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 266	100.0% 395	661