NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2002
Module:Background
Variable:SPEND1

Here are some items of government spending. Which of them, if any, would be your highest priority for extra spending? Please read through the whole list before deciding.

	%
Education	18
Defence	1
Health	64
Housing	3
Public transport	2
Roads	2
Police & prisons	2
Social security benefits	4
Help for industry	3
Overseas aid	1
(None of these)	0
(Don't know)	0

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Education	18	19
Defence	1	1
Health	60	67
Housing	3	4
Public transport	3	2
Roads	3	1
Police & prisons	2	1
Social security benefits	5	4
Help for industry	4	1
Overseas aid	1	1
(None of these)	1	0
(Don't know)	0	0

Results for people of different ages

%

18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+

Education 38 26 20 16 9 10
Defence 1 1 0 2 0 1
Health 38 53 65 70 72 73
Housing 3 5 5 2 2 3
Public transport 4 2 2 1 4 1
Roads 2 2 1 2 3 2
Police & prisons 2 2 1 2 2 2
Social security benefits 5 5 4 2 5 7
Help for industry 4 3 2 3 3 1
Overseas aid 3 1 0 0 0 0
(None of these) 0 1 0 1 0 0
(Don't know) 0 0 0 0 0 1

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Education 21 15 26
Defence 1 1 1
Health 62 68 52
Housing 5 2 2
Public transport 1 3 4
Roads 2 2 3
Police & prisons 1 2 2
Social security benefits 4 4 7
Help for industry 2 3 2
Overseas aid 1 0 0
(None of these) 0 0 2
(Don't know) 0 0 0

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