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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1989

Year: 1989
Module: Public_Spending
Variable: SOCHELP

Question: Please tick one box to show how much you agree or disagree with this statement.
Many people who get social security don't really deserve any help.

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 strongly5
Agree17
Neither agree nor disagree22
Disagree40
Disagree strongly15
Don't know0
Not answered1

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Agree strongly 5 5
Agree 20 15
Neither agree nor disagree 23 21
Disagree 34 45
Disagree strongly 17 13
Don't know 0 0
Not answered 2 1

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Agree strongly 1 3 2 11 8 8
Agree 9 16 21 14 23 20
Neither agree nor disagree 25 21 20 17 24 23
Disagree 42 41 38 49 34 34
Disagree strongly 22 17 17 9 10 11
Don't know 0 0 0 0 0 2
Not answered 0 1 3 2 1 2

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Agree strongly 3 6 6
Agree 7 24 18
Neither agree nor disagree 16 27 19
Disagree 49 35 33
Disagree strongly 22 8 24
Don't know 1 0 0
Not answered 2 1 1

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