Year: 1993
Module: Public_Spending
Variable: GVSPEND6
Question: Listed below are various areas of government spending. Please show whether you would like to see more or less government spending in each area. Remember that if you say much more, it might require a tax increase to pay for it.
Old age pensions.
Index
to tables on this page
-
-
%
of
people of different ages
-
%
of
people of different religions.
| Overall
Results |
% |
| Spend much more | 39 |
| Spend more | 49 |
| Spend the same as now | 9 |
| Spend less | 0 |
| Spend much less | 0 |
| Don't know | 1 |
| Not answered | 2 |
| Results
for men and women |
%
|
| | Male | Female |
| Spend much more |
35 |
42 |
| Spend more |
51 |
48 |
| Spend the same as now |
10 |
8 |
| Spend less |
0 |
1 |
| Spend much less |
0 |
0 |
| Don't know |
1 |
1 |
| Not answered |
3 |
1 |
| Results
for people of different ages |
%
|
| | 18-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65+ |
| Spend much more |
33 |
30 |
45 |
41 |
33 |
51 |
| Spend more |
43 |
63 |
47 |
49 |
54 |
37 |
| Spend the same as now |
16 |
5 |
7 |
10 |
13 |
7 |
| Spend less |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Spend much less |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Don't know |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Not answered |
6 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
| Results
for people of different religions |
%
|
| | Catholic | Protestant | No religion |
| Spend much more |
48 |
35 |
34 |
| Spend more |
43 |
51 |
58 |
| Spend the same as now |
5 |
12 |
8 |
| Spend less |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Spend much less |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Don't know |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Not answered |
3 |
1 |
0 |
|
