Research Article

Health Care Reform: Understanding Individuals’ Attitudes and Information Sources

Table 4

Information sources and importance 2012.

Information source % of respondents obtaining ACA information from the source % of respondents reporting the information was important to opinion formation
VerySomewhat

Local daily newspaper38%12%47%
National newspaper28%17%41%
Local TV news53%19%46%
National TV news68%25%46%
Radio32%23%42%
Websites39%27%48%
Family nembers50%34%36%
Friends45%14%49%
Coworkers31%15%40%
Politicians32%15%48%
Religious leaders13%21%42%
Personal reading of legislation36%46%36%

Note: respondents were able to identify multiple information sources.