NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2003
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	21
Defence	1
Health	62
Housing	2
Public transport	1
Roads	2
Police & prisons	2
Social security benefits	5
Help for industry	3
Overseas aid	0
(none of these)	0
(don't know)	0

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Education	19	22
Defence	1	1
Health	58	65
Housing	3	2
Public transport	2	1
Roads	3	1
Police & prisons	3	1
Social security benefits	5	4
Help for industry	5	2
Overseas aid	0	0
(none of these)	0	0
(don't know)	0	0

Results for people of different ages

%

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

Education 39 26 21 14 15 14
Defence 1 1 2 1 1 0
Health 39 57 65 69 70 67
Housing 3 3 1 2 4 2
Public transport 3 2 1 1 0 2
Roads 1 2 2 2 2 3
Police & prisons 2 1 2 1 2 5
Social security benefits 9 4 3 4 5 5
Help for industry 3 4 3 5 1 3
Overseas aid 1 1 0 0 0 0
(none of these) 0 1 0 0 0 0
(don't know) 0 0 0 1 0 1

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Education 24 17 28
Defence 1 2 1
Health 62 65 48
Housing 2 2 5
Public transport 1 1 2
Roads 2 2 3
Police & prisons 1 4 2
Social security benefits 5 4 6
Help for industry 2 4 3
Overseas aid 0 0 1
(none of these) 0 0 1
(don't know) 0 0 0

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