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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1989

Year: 1989

Module: Political_Attitudes
Variable: BRTIRSDE


Question:
When there is an argument between Britain and the Republic of Ireland, do you generally find yourself on the side of the British or of the Irish government?


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 %
Generally British government51
Generally Irish government14
(It depends)20
(Neither)10
Don't know5
Not answered1


Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Generally british government 49 52
Generally irish government 18 11
(it depends) 19 21
(neither) 9 10
Don't know 4 6
Not answered 1 1


Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Generally british government 40 41 51 57 60 58
Generally irish government 26 19 12 17 7 6
(it depends) 17 21 23 19 20 17
(neither) 10 17 8 7 7 7
Don't know 6 4 6 1 4 10
Not answered 1 0 0 0 2 1


Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Generally british government 10 77 54
Generally irish government 37 0 6
(it depends) 29 13 23
(neither) 17 5 10
Don't know 7 4 6
Not answered 0 1 0


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