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Who was that? [that looked for information about cancer for you]

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[CA-10]   Who was that? [that looked for information about cancer for you] [CODE ALL THAT APPLY.]
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For this question, respondents were given the opportunity to provide more than one response. Click on the response set number (#) below to see results from these response sets:
ORNC = Other Responses
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Estimated U.S. Adult Population information
Survey Respondents information
  Response Number Percentage Sample
Responses		 Sample
Percentage
10
Spouse
8,831,691 24.6% 198 19.8%
11
Other family member
20,517,090 57.3% 568 56.9%
12
Friend
5,215,606 14.5% 188 18.8%
13
Co-worker
456,980 1.2% 15 1.5%
14
Information specialist (e.g., librarian)
360,294 1.0% 12 1.2%
91
Other (specify)
310,322 0.8% 12 1.2%
97
Not ascertained
48,248 0.1% 2 0.2%
98
Refused
16,332 0.0% 1 0.1%
99
Don't know
20,436 0.0% 1 0.1%
 
Total
 - 100% 997 100%
Survey Notes:
 HINTS 2005 Survey Instrument (English): PDF 
Who was asked:
 People who have had someone else look for information about cancer on their behalf, People who specified another person that looked for information about cancer for them
Data collection method:
 Phone
Question source:
 Revised from: HINTS 2003, question HC-11
Dataset:
 2005

 

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