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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1994

Year: 1994
Module: Civil_Liberties
Variable: NINPRISN

Question: Please tick one box for each statement below to show how much you agree or disagree with it.
The prisons contain too many people who ought to be given a lighter punishment.

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 agree4
Agree20
Neither agree nor disagree32
Disagree38
Strongly disagree5
Not answered2

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Strongly agree 4 4
Agree 21 19
Neither agree nor disagree 28 35
Disagree 41 35
Strongly disagree 5 5
Not answered 1 2

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Strongly agree 4 5 3 5 6 2
Agree 19 17 14 18 32 25
Neither agree nor disagree 35 32 36 32 28 26
Disagree 37 39 36 40 30 42
Strongly disagree 5 8 10 5 0 2
Not answered 0 0 2 1 4 3

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Strongly agree 5 3 1
Agree 33 14 10
Neither agree nor disagree 38 29 22
Disagree 21 45 58
Strongly disagree 2 7 8
Not answered 1 2 0

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