Table 3.
The frequency of interview of sources for reporting science by journalists in Ghana during the past 12 months.
| Source | None | 1–5 times | 6–10 times | More than 10 times | Total number | Meana |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health professionals (e.g. doctors, nurses, pharmacists) | 23 (16.4%) | 45 (32.1%) | 42 (30.0%) | 30 (21.4%) | 140 | 2.56 |
| Public information officers | 40 (30.5%) | 36 (27.5%) | 37 (28.2%) | 18 (13.7%) | 131 | 2.25 |
| Scientists | 36 (28.3%) | 51 (40.2%) | 29 (22.8%) | 11 (8.7%) | 127 | 2.12 |
| Consumers | 43 (31.2%) | 59 (42.8%) | 22 (15.9) | 14 (10.1%) | 138 | 2.05 |
| Staff of industry or business community | 51 (37.2%) | 51 (37.2%) | 21 (15.3%) | 14 (10.2%) | 137 | 1.99 |
| Traditional or alternative medical practitioners (e.g. herbalists) | 60 (43.8%) | 42 (30.7%) | 21 (15.3%) | 14 (10.2%) | 137 | 1.92 |
| Staff of non-governmental organizations | 49 (36.8%) | 57 (42.9%) | 20 (15.0%) | 7 (5.3%) | 133 | 1.89 |
| Staff of science journals | 71 (52.6%) | 46 (34.1%) | 11 (8.1%) | 7 (5.2%) | 135 | 1.66 |
| Others | 27 (71.1%) | 4 (10.5%) | 4 (10.5%) | 3 (7.9%) | 38 | 1.55 |
Question: Thinking about reporting about science, roughly how many times in the past 12 months have you interviewed each of the following?
1 = none, 2 = 1–5 times, 3 = 6–10 times, and 4 = more than 10 times.
a
The mean responses were calculated using 1 = none, 2 = 1–5 times, 3 = 6–10 times, and 4 = more than 10 times.