Opinion of Doctors Questionnaire - Topline Results
Public Retains Great Trust In Doctors
Public Retains Great Trust In Doctors
- 2,141 interviews conducted with adults aged 15+
- Conducted on the MORI Face-to-face Omnibus using CAPI
- Fieldwork conducted between 6–10 February 2003
- Data weighted to the known profile of the British population
- An asterisk ('*') indicates a percentage less than 0.5%, but greater than zero
- Where figures do not add up to 100%, this is due to computer rounding or multiple answers
- Base 'All' unless otherwise indicated. Base sizes are unweighted
Q1 Now I will read you a list of different types of people. For each would you tell me if you generally trust them to tell the truth, or not?
| Tell the truth | Not tell the truth | Don't know | ||||||||
| % | % | % | ||||||||
| Doctors | 91 | 6 | 2 | |||||||
| Teachers | 87 | 8 | 5 | |||||||
| Professors | 74 | 11 | 15 | |||||||
| Judges | 72 | 19 | 9 | |||||||
| Clergyman / Priests | 71 | 20 | 9 | |||||||
| Television news readers | 66 | 24 | 10 | |||||||
| Scientists | 65 | 22 | 13 | |||||||
| The Police | 64 | 26 | 9 | |||||||
| The ordinary man / woman in the street | 53 | 32 | 15 | |||||||
| Pollsters | 46 | 34 | 20 | |||||||
| Civil Servants | 46 | 41 | 13 | |||||||
| Trade Union officials | 33 | 53 | 13 | |||||||
| Business Leaders | 28 | 60 | 12 | |||||||
| Government Ministers | 20 | 73 | 7 | |||||||
| Journalists | 18 | 75 | 7 | |||||||
| Politicians generally | 18 | 75 | 7 | |||||||
