In the past 12 months, how often did you use the Internet to look for health or medical information {for yourself (or) someone else]?

• HINTS 1 (2003)
  Oct 2002
  - Apr 2003
• HINTS 2 (2005)
  Feb - Aug 2005
• HINTS 3 (2007)
  Jan - May 2008
• HINTS 4
  • Cycle 1 (2012)
    Oct 2011 - Jan 2012
  • Cycle 2
    (Fielding 2012)
  • Cycle 3
    (Fielding 2013)
  • Cycle 4
    (Fielding 2014)
• All Years

[HC-25]  In the past 12 months, how often did you use the Internet to look for health or medical information {for yourself (or) someone else}? Would you say Once a week, once a month, every few months, or less often?
Data Collection Method: Phone Estimated U.S. Adult Population  Survey Respondents    Response Number Percentage Sample Responses Sample Percentage 1 Once a week 11,125,915 13.3% 370 14.1% 2 Once a month 17,090,660 20.5% 536 20.4% 3 Every few months 27,845,937 33.4% 862 32.8% 4 Less often 27,214,030 32.6% 854 32.5% 98 Refused 73,350 0.1% 2 0.1% 99 Don't know 157,235 0.2% 5 0.2%   Total - 100% 2,629 100% Survey Notes: HINTS 2003 Survey Instrument (English): PDF   Who was asked: People who looked on the internet for health information in the last year, for themselves or for somebody else , People who use the internet   Data collection method: Phone Question source: Pew Internet & American Life Project  Dataset: 2003  Briefs that use this question: None   Articles that use this question: View related articles   U.S. map from this question: None