Relationship between Trust in Doctor and Occupation Status

This study examines the relationship between trust in doctor and occupation status. The results show a significant correlation between the two variables.

Crosstab
Count
D3. Have you ever kept information from your health care provider because you
were concerned about the privacy or securi
Total
Missing data (Not
Ascertained)
Yes No
A2. The most recent time you looked for
information about health or medical topics,
where did you go first?
Missing data (Not Ascertained) 1 1 11 13
Missing data (Filter Missing) 1 0 9 10
Multiple responses selected in error 7 42 336 385
Question answered in error (Commission
Error) 0 10 54 64
Inapplicable, coded 2 in SeekHealthInfo 11 43 590 644
Books 1 3 84 88
Brochures, pamphlets, etc. 1 7 79 87
Cancer organization 0 1 10 11
Family 2 2 60 64
Friend/Co-worker 0 1 24 25
Doctor or health care provider 7 28 355 390
Internet 17 150 1497 1664
Library 0 3 6 9
Magazines 1 0 17 18
Newspapers 0 3 3 6
Telephone information number 0 2 18 20
Complementary, alternative, or
unconventional practitioner 0 3 3 6
Total 49 299 3156 3504
Objective 1

Chi-Square Tests
Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-
sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 70.557a 32 .000
Likelihood Ratio 54.418 32 .008
Linear-by-Linear Association 2.524 1 .112
N of Valid Cases 3504
a. 22 cells (43.1%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected
count is .08.
Interpretation: Value of level of significance is 0.00<0.05 which means that there is significant relationship between analysed variables. On
this basis it can be said that individual preference to visit any source to obtain information and intention to keep privacy of personal fact from
doctor is closely related.

Objective 2
A2. The most recent time you looked for information about health or medical
topics, where did you go first?
Frequency Percent Valid
Percent
Cumulative
Percent
Valid
Missing data (Not
Ascertained) 13 .4 .4 .4
Missing data (Filter
Missing) 10 .3 .3 .7
Multiple responses
selected in error 385 11.0 11.0 11.6
Question answered in
error (Commission
Error)
64 1.8 1.8 13.5
Inapplicable, coded 2 in
SeekHealthInfo 644 18.4 18.4 31.8
Books 88 2.5 2.5 34.4
Brochures, pamphlets,
etc. 87 2.5 2.5 36.8
Cancer organization 11 .3 .3 37.2
Family 64 1.8 1.8 39.0
Friend/Co-worker 25 .7 .7 39.7
Doctor or health care
provider 390 11.1 11.1 50.8
Internet 1664 47.5 47.5 98.3
Library 9 .3 .3 98.6
Magazines 18 .5 .5 99.1
Newspapers 6 .2 .2 99.3
Telephone information
Results indicate that most of respondents through
internet obtain medical related information. Such
kind of people have proportion of 47.5% in total
sample. Number of such kind of people is 1664 in
total sample.

Objective 3
Frequency Table
A7a. In general, how much would you trust information about cancer from
a doctor?a
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative
Percent
Valid
Yes 82 95.3 95.3 95.3
No 4 4.7 4.7 100.0
Total 86 100.0 100.0
a. O1. What is your age? = Missing data (Not Ascertained)
A7b. In general, how much would you trust information about cancer from
family or friends?a
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative
Percent
Valid
Yes 47 54.7 54.7 54.7
No 39 45.3 45.3 100.0
Total 86 100.0 100.0
a. O1. What is your age? = Missing data (Not Ascertained)
A7d. In general, how much would you trust information about cancer from the radio?
Most of respondent’s state that they trust
information of cancer they received from
their doctor as 82 says yes and 4 say no.
47 respondents say yes and 39 say no on
statement that they trust information of
cancer they received from their friends and
relatives.
Yes No
0
10
20
30
40
50
60 48
38
How much would you trust
information about cancer from a
doctor?
Yes No
0
100 48 38
How much would you
trust information
about cancer from
family or friends?

A7c. In general, how much would you trust information about cancer from
newspapers or magazines?a
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative
Percent
Valid
Yes 32 37.2 37.2 37.2
No 54 62.8 62.8 100.0
Total 86 100.0 100.0
a. O1. What is your age? = Missing data (Not Ascertained)
A7d. In general, how much would you trust information about cancer from
the radio?a
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative
Percent
Valid
Yes 15 17.4 17.4 17.4
No 71 82.6 82.6 100.0
Total 86 100.0 100.0
a. O1. What is your age? = Missing data (Not Ascertained)
 37 respondents say yes and 62 say no on
statement whether they trust cancer
information received from newspaper and
magazine.
15 respondents say yes and 72 says no on
statement whether they trust information
about cancer from the radio.
Yes No
0
10
20
30
40
50
60 48
38
How much would you trust
information about cancer from
newspaper and magzeines?

A7e. In general, how much would you trust information about cancer from
the internet?a
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative
Percent
Valid
Yes 56 65.1 65.1 65.1
No 30 34.9 34.9 100.0
Total 86 100.0 100.0
a. O1. What is your age? = Missing data (Not Ascertained)
A7f. In general, how much would you trust information about cancer from
television?a
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative
Percent
Valid
Yes 28 32.6 32.6 32.6
No 58 67.4 67.4 100.0
Total 86 100.0 100.0
a. O1. What is your age? = Missing data (Not Ascertained)
56 respondents say yes and 30 says no on statement
whether they trust information about cancer from the
internet.
28 respondents say yes and 58 says no on statement
whether they trust information about cancer from the
television.

A7g. In general, how much would you trust information about cancer from
government health agencies?a
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative
Percent
Valid
Yes 62 72.1 72.1 72.1
No 24 27.9 27.9 100.0
Total 86 100.0 100.0
a. O1. What is your age? = Missing data (Not Ascertained)
A7h. In general, how much would you trust information about cancer from
charitable organizations?a
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative
Percent
Valid
Yes 48 55.8 55.8 55.8
No 38 44.2 44.2 100.0
Total 86 100.0 100.0
a. O1. What is your age? = Missing data (Not Ascertained)
62 respondents say yes and 24 says no on statement
whether they trust information about cancer from
the government health agencies.
48 respondents say yes and 28 says no on statement
whether they trust information about cancer received
from charitable organization.
Yes No
0
20
40
60 48 38
How much would you
trust information about
cancer from government
health agencies?
Yes No
0
10
20
30
40
50
60 48
38
How much would you trust
information about cancer from
chatiable organization?

 A little of respondent’s state that they trust
information of cancer they received from their
doctor. Such kind of respondents are 1125 out
of 3504 and have 32% share.
 Not at all number of respondent’s state that
they trust information of cancer they received
from their doctor. Such kind of respondents are
1110 out of 3504 and have 31.7% share.
A7i. In general, how much would you trust information about cancer from
religious organizations and leaders?a
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative
Percent
Valid
Yes 30 34.9 34.9 34.9
No 56 65.1 65.1 100.0
Total 86 100.0 100.0
a. O1. What is your age? = Missing data (Not Ascertained)

Objective 4
Crosstab
Count
Derived variable: Total number of responses to question O2, OccupationStatus Total
0 1 2 4
A7a. In general, how much would
you trust information about
cancer from a doctor?
Missing data (Not Ascertained) 4 57 2 0 63
Multiple responses selected in
error 0 6 0 0 6
A lot 23 2398 37 1 2459
Some 13 780 21 0 814
A little 1 120 4 0 125
Not At All 2 34 1 0 37
Total 43 3395 65 1 3504
Chi-Square Tests
Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-
sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 28.603a 15 .018
Likelihood Ratio 19.501 15 .192
Linear-by-Linear Association 2.777 1 .096
N of Valid Cases 3504
a. 14 cells (58.3%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum
Interpretation: Value of level of significance is 0.018<0.05 and this reflect that
there is significant relationship between both variables. Means that occupation
status and extent to which individual trust information received from doctor are
corelated to each other.