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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1989

Year: 1989
Module: Public_Spending
Variable: SELECTED

Question: Some people think it is best for secondary schoolchildren to be separated into grammar and secondary intermediate schools according to how well they hav done when they leave primary school. Others think it is best for secondary schoolchildren not to be separated in this way, and to attend comprehensive schools.
On balance, which system do you think provides the best all-round education for secondary schoolchildren?

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 %
A system of grammar and secondary intermediate schools52
A system of comprehensive schools40
Other system1
Don't know7

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
A system of grammar and secondary intermediate schools 52 52
A system of comprehensive schools 40 41
Other system 1 1
Don't know 8 7

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
A system of grammar and secondary intermediate schools 47 58 56 54 51 45
A system of comprehensive schools 46 37 43 44 39 35
Other system 1 1 0 1 2 0
Don't know 6 4 2 1 8 20

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
A system of grammar and secondary intermediate schools 39 60 55
A system of comprehensive schools 54 31 41
Other system 0 1 1
Don't know 7 8 3

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