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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1994

Year: 1994
Module: Civil_Liberties
Variable: PCGUNS

Question: Please tick one box for each statement below to show how much you agree or disagree with it.
On-duty police officers should always carry guns.

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 agree31
Agree40
Neither agree nor disagree17
Disagree10
Strongly disagree2
Not answered1

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Strongly agree 36 27
Agree 39 40
Neither agree nor disagree 15 19
Disagree 8 12
Strongly disagree 2 1
Not answered 1 1

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Strongly agree 43 31 28 27 27 31
Agree 31 47 34 38 37 49
Neither agree nor disagree 15 11 31 17 13 13
Disagree 8 10 7 15 19 5
Strongly disagree 3 2 0 3 0 0
Not answered 0 0 1 1 4 1

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Strongly agree 10 43 42
Agree 37 43 30
Neither agree nor disagree 26 10 21
Disagree 22 3 7
Strongly disagree 4 0 0
Not answered 0 1 0

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