NI Life and Times Survey - 2010: MLADECL2

Year: 2010
Module:Political_Attitudes
Variable:MLADECL2

When Assembly members in Northern Ireland are elected they have to declare whether they are a ‘unionist’, a ‘nationalist’, or ‘other’. People have different views about whether this is a good idea. Here are some things that have been said, how much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements?
This is a good system because you can see quickly which side people are on.

	%
Strongly agree	4
Agree	27
Neither agree nor disagree	32
Disagree	26
Strongly disagree	6
Can't choose	6

Go to results for men and women, people of different ages and people of different religions.
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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Strongly agree	5	3
Agree	28	25
Neither agree nor disagree	25	37
Disagree	29	23
Strongly disagree	7	5
Can't choose	5	6

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Strongly agree	6	4	1	4	7	4
Agree	26	22	22	28	21	40
Neither agree nor disagree	31	33	39	29	31	25
Disagree	25	24	29	25	30	23
Strongly disagree	8	7	6	8	5	5
Can't choose	5	11	3	5	7	4

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Strongly agree 4 4 4
Agree 29 27 16
Neither agree nor disagree 32 32 29
Disagree 24 25 36
Strongly disagree 6 6 8
Can't choose 5 6 7

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