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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1993

Year: 1993
Module: Welfare
Variable: PENS1

Question: Pensions are taking up a larger and larger part of government spending. Here are some things that might be done about it. Please use this card to say how far you are are in favour of or against each one.
Raising the legal retirement age for both men and women.

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 %
Strong in favour4
In favour13
Neither in favour nor against13
Against38
Strongly against33
(It depends)0
Don't know1
Not answered0

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Strong in favour 5 3
In favour 11 14
Neither in favour nor against 11 15
Against 35 40
Strongly against 38 28
(it depends) 0 0
Don't know 0 1
Not answered 0 0

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Strong in favour 9 3 2 2 1 7
In favour 15 15 11 12 12 11
Neither in favour nor against 25 15 10 11 7 12
Against 37 40 34 33 50 37
Strongly against 14 28 43 41 29 31
(it depends) 0 0 0 0 1 0
Don't know 1 0 0 1 0 2
Not answered 0 0 0 0 0 0

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Strong in favour 5 2 7
In favour 9 13 22
Neither in favour nor against 12 13 12
Against 41 38 25
Strongly against 32 33 34
(it depends) 0 0 0
Don't know 1 1 0
Not answered 0 0 0

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