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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1994

Year: 1994
Module: Civil_Liberties
Variable: CONFESSN

Question: Please tick one box for each statement below to show how much you agree or disagree with it.
A confession made during police questioning and later withdrawn should not on its own be enough to convict someone.

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 agree17
Agree48
Neither agree nor disagree22
Disagree10
Strongly disagree2
Not answered2

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Strongly agree 21 14
Agree 46 50
Neither agree nor disagree 20 24
Disagree 11 9
Strongly disagree 2 1
Not answered 1 2

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Strongly agree 26 18 17 13 21 12
Agree 30 53 55 57 50 43
Neither agree nor disagree 32 24 13 21 14 24
Disagree 8 6 12 9 8 18
Strongly disagree 3 0 2 0 4 1
Not answered 1 0 1 1 4 3

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Strongly agree 28 11 15
Agree 54 43 58
Neither agree nor disagree 13 28 16
Disagree 4 14 10
Strongly disagree 0 3 2
Not answered 1 2 0

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