Compared to women in Spain and Portugal, French women considered themselves to be less well-informed, less well-supported, were more anxious, and less satisfied with the level of information provided and the explanation of the potential consequences of the illness.
Tougher regulations will also mean some redistribution of wealth from the well informed to the less well informed, since regulations reduce the benefits of gaming the system.
Patients were asked: "Compared with most people, how well informed would you say you are (about CAM)." They were ranked on a 1 5 Lickert scale, with 1 = Much better informed than most and 5 = Much less well informed than most.
One study Handel conducted found that "fully informed" consumers saved a couple of thousand dollars compared with those who were less well informed.
The results of the survey of perceptions of this risk must for example help them measure the degree of risk-awareness among populations, improve the information where necessary and identify which groups are better or less well informed.
It remains to be investigated whether women with lower social status are less well informed because they are less motivated to seek information or use different sources of information.
Nearly half of parents who say they are very well informed about their teens' online activity feel their teen is very safe online, while only 28% of parents who say they are somewhat or less well informed feel the same.
The less well informed have a less detailed but no less definite impression of failure.
"Voters seem less and less well informed," said Carol Fowler, the Democratic state party chairwoman.
The result, ironically, will be to leave most observers less well informed about the rationale for monetary policy decisions.
There was more of a stigma attached to being epileptic then and people were a lot less well informed.
