NCDDR 2001 Survey Report - Table of Contents
How do consumers prefer receiving disability research information?
Eighty-seven percent of consumers indicated they preferred receiving disability information via "printed materials.
" Other preferred formats of consumers included the "computer
" (73%) and the "telephone/toll-free line
" (71%). "Pictures,
" "audiotape,
" and "videotape
" were alternate formats indicated as desirable formats by over 50% of the consumers.
More consumers from different racial and ethnic backgrounds reported "printed materials
" as a preferred format
except for the Asian/Pacific Islander group. More Asian/Pacific Islander consumers reported "computer
" and "telephone/toll-free information line
" as preferred formats. "Computers
" was selected as a preferred format by 69%
of the Hispanic/Latino group.
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