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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1993

Year: 1993
Module: Welfare
Variable: PENS3

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.
Increasing National Insurance contributions for everyone in work.

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 favour3
In favour24
Neither in favour nor against21
Against35
Strongly against14
(It depends)0
Don't know3
Not answered0

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Strong in favour 4 2
In favour 23 25
Neither in favour nor against 19 23
Against 37 34
Strongly against 16 12
(it depends) 0 0
Don't know 2 4
Not answered 0 0

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Strong in favour 0 2 7 2 3 1
In favour 25 23 21 23 30 27
Neither in favour nor against 29 29 17 14 17 23
Against 28 33 38 40 41 29
Strongly against 16 10 18 18 7 12
(it depends) 0 0 0 0 0 1
Don't know 2 3 1 3 3 8
Not answered 0 0 0 0 0 0

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Strong in favour 3 2 6
In favour 25 23 32
Neither in favour nor against 20 21 25
Against 35 36 27
Strongly against 14 15 8
(it depends) 0 0 0
Don't know 3 3 2
Not answered 0 0 0

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