General Social Survey, 2004

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HLTHDOC 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: -- A doctor, nurse, or other medical professional   0) Not at all   1) 1-2 times   2) 3-5 times   3) 6 or more times   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Not at all	97	16.1%	16.1%	-1.29
1-2 times	218	36.2%	52.2%	-.49
3-5 times	139	23.1%	75.3%	.3
6 or more times	143	23.7%	99%	1.09
No answer	6	1%	100%	5.85

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Education Political ideology Marital status Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Not at all	17.4% 20	15.3% 27	17.0% 39	13.8% 11	16.2% 97
1-2 times	47.0% 54	35.2% 62	33.6% 77	27.5% 22	35.8% 215
3-5 times	18.3% 21	25.6% 45	22.3% 51	27.5% 22	23.2% 139
6 or more times	16.5% 19	22.2% 39	26.2% 60	31.3% 25	23.8% 143
No answer	0.9% 1	1.7% 3	0.9% 2	0.0% 0	1.0% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 115	100.0% 176	100.0% 229	100.0% 80	600

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Not at all	16.8% 40	15.6% 57	16.1% 97
1-2 times	37.8% 90	35.1% 128	36.2% 218
3-5 times	21.0% 50	24.4% 89	23.1% 139
6 or more times	23.5% 56	23.8% 87	23.7% 143
No answer	0.8% 2	1.1% 4	1.0% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 238	100.0% 365	603

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Not at all	16.7% 9	19.4% 59	8.8% 3	11.5% 15	13.6% 11	16.1% 97
1-2 times	25.9% 14	38.8% 118	32.4% 11	39.2% 51	29.6% 24	36.2% 218
3-5 times	37.0% 20	17.4% 53	23.5% 8	26.9% 35	28.4% 23	23.1% 139
6 or more times	18.5% 10	23.7% 72	35.3% 12	20.0% 26	28.4% 23	23.7% 143
No answer	1.9% 1	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	2.3% 3	0.0% 0	1.0% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 54	100.0% 304	100.0% 34	100.0% 130	100.0% 81	603

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

Table contains all missing data

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Not at all	12.7% 44	23.7% 9	18.5% 15	5.0% 1	23.7% 28	16.1% 97
1-2 times	37.3% 129	31.6% 12	29.6% 24	25.0% 5	40.7% 48	36.2% 218
3-5 times	22.8% 79	18.4% 7	19.8% 16	40.0% 8	24.6% 29	23.1% 139
6 or more times	26.0% 90	26.3% 10	30.9% 25	30.0% 6	10.2% 12	23.7% 143
No answer	1.2% 4	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	1.0% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 346	100.0% 38	100.0% 81	100.0% 20	100.0% 118	603

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Not at all	16.1% 79	18.6% 13	12.2% 5	16.1% 97
1-2 times	36.0% 177	37.1% 26	36.6% 15	36.2% 218
3-5 times	23.6% 116	21.4% 15	19.5% 8	23.1% 139
6 or more times	24.0% 118	21.4% 15	24.4% 10	23.7% 143
No answer	0.4% 2	1.4% 1	7.3% 3	1.0% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 492	100.0% 70	100.0% 41	603

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Not at all	17.0% 54	15.0% 20	0.0% 0	14.5% 12	22.0% 11	16.2% 97
1-2 times	35.5% 113	33.1% 44	37.5% 6	44.6% 37	36.0% 18	36.3% 218
3-5 times	22.0% 70	23.3% 31	25.0% 4	20.5% 17	32.0% 16	23.0% 138
6 or more times	25.2% 80	25.6% 34	37.5% 6	20.5% 17	10.0% 5	23.7% 142
No answer	0.3% 1	3.0% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 318	100.0% 133	100.0% 16	100.0% 83	100.0% 50	600