Year: 2010
Module:Political_Attitudes
Variable:NIARUN2

After an Assembly election, our government is made up of ministers from all the different political parties. No single party ‘wins’ the election although the party which wins the most seats does get the most ministers.
People have different opinions about how well government in Northern Ireland works when there are ministers from all the different political parties forming the government. Here are some of the things that have been said, how much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements?
It’s a fairer system because everyone gets a voice in government and power is shared out.

 

%

Strongly agree6
Agree41
Neither agree nor disagree29
Disagree15
Strongly disagree4
Can't choose5

 

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

%

 MaleFemale
Strongly agree 7 5
Agree 44 37
Neither agree nor disagree 24 34
Disagree 15 15
Strongly disagree 5 3
Can't choose 5 6

  

 

Results for people of different ages

%

 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Strongly agree 6 5 6 5 7 8
Agree 29 29 39 47 45 49
Neither agree nor disagree 39 36 31 27 29 20
Disagree 15 14 17 14 12 16
Strongly disagree 6 7 4 2 2 3
Can't choose 6 9 4 5 4 4

 

  

Results for people of different religions

%

 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Strongly agree 9 4 4
Agree 41 42 36
Neither agree nor disagree 27 30 35
Disagree 15 15 13
Strongly disagree 4 4 5
Can't choose 5 6 7

 

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