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How useful was the cancer-related information you got from the Internet?

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[HC-31]   Overall, how useful was the cancer-related information you got from the Internet? Would you say very useful, somewhat useful, a little useful, or not at all useful?
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Estimated U.S. Adult Population information
Survey Respondents information
  Response Number Percentage Sample
Responses		 Sample
Percentage
1
Very useful
18,356,558 42.9% 581 42.8%
2
Somewhat useful
20,934,238 49.0% 670 49.3%
3
A little useful
3,068,864 7.1% 94 6.9%
4
Not at all useful
317,304 0.7% 10 0.7%
99
Don't know
44,907 0.1% 2 0.1%
 
Total
 - 100% 1,357 100%
Survey Notes:
 HINTS 2003 Survey Instrument (English): PDF 
Who was asked:
 People who have used the internet to look for information about health, People who have used the internet to look for information about cancer
Data collection method:
 Phone
Question source:
 Pew Internet & American Life Project & American Life Project
Dataset:
 2003

 

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