NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2003
Module: Political Attitudes
Variable: DEVECON

After devolution, many areas of government in Northern Ireland came under the control of the Assembly. For each of these in turn, can you tell me whether you think it got better under the last Northern Ireland Assembly, got worse, or stayed the same?

The economy.

	%
Better	22
Worse	16
Same	51
Other answer	0
(don't know)	12

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Better	24	21
Worse	15	17
Same	53	49
Other answer	0	0
(don't know)	8	14

Results for people of different ages

%

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

Better 24 18 27 20 27 18
Worse 15 12 14 17 20 17
Same 43 55 51 55 46 52
Other answer 0 0 0 0 0 0
(don't know) 19 16 9 8 7 13

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Better 32 14 31
Worse 10 20 15
Same 47 55 40
Other answer 0 0 0
(don't know) 12 11 14

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