Source | Frequency | % |
Television | 805 | 44.6 |
Newspaper | 530 | 29.4 |
Health centre | 414 | 23.0 |
Radio | 297 | 16.4 |
Social services | 283 | 15.7 |
Friends/family members/others | 195 | 10.8 |
Internet/electronic text | 147 | 8.1 |
Hospital | 96 | 5.3 |
Magazine | 86 | 4.8 |
Clinic | 87 | 4.8 |
Printed materials | 72 | 4.0 |
Own knowledge/experience | 17 | 1.0 |
Educational institutions | 4 | 0.2 |
Percentages were weighted according to the age and gender composition of the 2016 Hong Kong population aged 65 years or above. Participants could have more than one source of health information.