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Agreement that one's own doctor is a real expert; the 2002 variant uses 'agree somewhat' wording rather than plain agree.
AI-matched An AI model grouped these questions and mapped their answers onto shared categories, and a second AI review checked and corrected the grouping and mapping. No person has checked it: compare the question wordings and the answer mapping below before reading the lines against each other.
Latest: 22% answered “Neither agree nor disagree” in GSS: My doctor is a real expert on my medical problems, 2006.
Shares of people whose answer maps onto these categories (non-answers and answers outside the scale are left out), because surveys differ in whether they offer “don’t know.” Each column is one survey wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
Shares of people whose answer maps onto these categories (non-answers and answers outside the scale are left out), because surveys differ in whether they offer “don’t know.” Each point is one survey wave at the middle of its field period. Lines from different surveys are never spliced together.
| Line | Question | Match | How answers map |
|---|---|---|---|
| GSS: My doctor is a real expert on my medical problems | My doctor is a real expert on my medical problems As you read each of the following statements, please think about the medical care you are now receiving. If you have not received any medical care recently, circle the answer based on what you would expect if you had to seek care today. Even if you are not entirely certain about your answers, we want to remind you that your best guess is important for each statement.
S. My doctor is a real expert in taking care of medical problems like mine. Caveat: Strong and plain agree/disagree collapsed into broader categories | identical | Strongly agree → Agree; Agree → Agree; Neither agree nor disagree → Neither agree nor disagree; Disagree → Disagree; Strong disagree → Disagree |
| GSS: My doctor is a real expert on my medical problems | My doctor is a real expert on my medical problems As you read each of the following statements, please think about the medical care you are now receiving. If you have not received any medical care recently, circle the answer based on what you would expect if you had to seek care today. Even if you are not entirely certain about your answers, we want to remind you that your best guess is important for each statement.
D. My doctor is a real expert in taking care of medical problems like mine. Caveat: 'Somewhat' wording on codes 2 and 4 may soften intensity compared with plain agree/disagree | equivalent | Strongly agree → Agree; Agree somewhat → Agree; Neither agree nor disagree → Neither agree nor disagree; Disgree somewhat → Disagree; Strongly disagree → Disagree |