NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2013
Module: LGBT_Issues
Variable: EQGL

Some people think that people who are gay or lesbian are still not treated equally in our society, while others think that efforts to make things equal have gone too far. What is your opinion?

	%
More should definitely be done to promote equality for people who are gay or lesbian	20
More should probably be done to promote equality for people who are gay or lesbian	37
Changes have probably gone too far	20
Changes have definitely gone too far	10
Don't know	13

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

	%
	Male	Female
More should definitely be done to promote equality for people who are gay or lesbian	18	22
More should probably be done to promote equality for people who are gay or lesbian	34	39
Changes have probably gone too far	22	19
Changes have definitely gone too far	13	8
Don't know	13	13

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
More should definitely be done to promote equality for people who are gay or lesbian	23	25	26	22	19	6
More should probably be done to promote equality for people who are gay or lesbian	46	42	37	42	37	23
Changes have probably gone too far	14	13	20	19	18	33
Changes have definitely gone too far	6	4	8	9	9	22
Don't know	12	15	9	8	17	17

Results for people of different religions

	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
More should definitely be done to promote equality for people who are gay or lesbian	25	11	28
More should probably be done to promote equality for people who are gay or lesbian	40	30	44
Changes have probably gone too far	15	29	13
Changes have definitely gone too far	6	18	6
Don't know	14	12	11

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