Year: 2010
Module:Political_Attitudes
Variable:NIARUN5

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 would be better if the party that won the most seats went into government with just one other party and that party had to be one from the other community.

 

%

Strongly agree5
Agree25
Neither agree nor disagree30
Disagree25
Strongly disagree6
Can't choose10

 

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 6 4
Agree 26 24
Neither agree nor disagree 25 35
Disagree 29 22
Strongly disagree 7 4
Can't choose 8 11

  

 

Results for people of different ages

%

 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Strongly agree 11 2 3 5 6 5
Agree 21 20 18 26 28 35
Neither agree nor disagree 38 35 39 27 22 22
Disagree 14 25 26 29 28 23
Strongly disagree 5 6 5 6 5 7
Can't choose 10 12 10 8 11 8

 

  

Results for people of different religions

%

 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Strongly agree 5 4 6
Agree 24 27 20
Neither agree nor disagree 26 32 36
Disagree 28 23 25
Strongly disagree 9 3 5
Can't choose 9 10 9

 

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