I am going to read you a list of companies and groups. For each one please tell me if you have a favorable or an unfavorable opinion of each. How about.. Do you have a favorable or an unfavorable opinion? If favorable/unfavorable, ask: Is that very or somewhat?
Based on One-Half of Respondents (n=605)
| Very favor | Somewhat favor | Somewhat unfavor. | Very unfavor | DK/ Ref. |
a. Hospitals | 39 | 39 | 12 | 6 | 4 |
b. HMO’s, or Health Maintenance Organizations, and other managed care plans | 15 | 30 | 24 | 20 | 11 |
c. Health insurance companies | 19 | 34 | 24 | 18 | 5 |
d. Banks | 28 | 47 | 14 | 4 | 6 |
e. Oil companies | 10 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 10 |
f. Pharmaceutical or drug companies | 14 | 30 | 25 | 25 | 6 |
g. Airlines | 18 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 18 |
h. Doctors | 42 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 4 |
i. Tobacco companies | 7 | 10 | 19 | 56 | 7 |
Survey by Kaiser Family Foundation. Methodology: Fieldwork conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates, February 3-6, 2005 and based on telephone interviews with a national adult sample of 1,201.