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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1989

Year: 1989
Module: Civil_Liberties
Variable: STIFSENT

Question: Please tick one box for each statement below to show how much you agree or disagree with it.
People who break the law should be given stiffer sentences.

Index to tables on this page

  1. % of men and women
  2. % of people of different ages
  3. % of people of different religions.

Overall Results %
Agree strongly33
Agree44
Neither agree nor disagree17
Disagree3
Disagree strongly1
Don't know0
Not answered1

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Agree strongly 35 31
Agree 39 49
Neither agree nor disagree 19 15
Disagree 4 3
Disagree strongly 1 1
Don't know 0 1
Not answered 1 1

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Agree strongly 28 22 31 38 41 41
Agree 50 52 42 42 38 38
Neither agree nor disagree 18 20 19 16 16 12
Disagree 1 6 4 1 3 3
Disagree strongly 3 0 0 1 0 3
Don't know 0 0 1 0 1 1
Not answered 0 0 3 2 1 3

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Agree strongly 22 39 31
Agree 43 46 43
Neither agree nor disagree 25 12 20
Disagree 4 2 7
Disagree strongly 3 0 0
Don't know 1 0 0
Not answered 2 1 0

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