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The impact of information channels on the reliability of health information.
| Social media | Age | Education | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-official channels | Official channels | Old people | Young people | Less-educated people | Well-educated people | |
| Reliable health information (frequency) | ||||||
| Accepting reliable health information | 8 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 10 |
| Rejecting unreliable health information | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Unreliable health information (frequency) | ||||||
| Accepting unverified information | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Accepting rumors | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
