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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1991

Year: 1991
Module: Political_Attitudes
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 %
Strongly agree30
Agree48
Neither agree nor disagree15
Disagree6
Strongly disagree1
Can't choose0
Not answered1

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Strongly agree 31 29
Agree 45 51
Neither agree nor disagree 16 14
Disagree 7 6
Strongly disagree 0 1
Can't choose 0 0
Not answered 1 0

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Strongly agree 19 27 26 35 36 40
Agree 59 46 51 52 40 37
Neither agree nor disagree 11 20 19 7 19 14
Disagree 12 6 4 4 3 7
Strongly disagree 0 1 1 0 0 2
Can't choose 0 0 0 0 1 0
Not answered 0 0 0 2 0 1

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Strongly agree 19 36 32
Agree 49 49 41
Neither agree nor disagree 20 11 21
Disagree 10 4 2
Strongly disagree 1 0 2
Can't choose 0 0 0
Not answered 0 1 2

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