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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1994

Year: 1994
Module: Political_Trust
Variable: APATHY4

Question: Please show how much you agree or disagree with each of the following statements.
Even the best politicians cannot have much impact because of the way government works.

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 agree10
Agree53
Neither agree nor disagree19
Disagree12
Strongly disagree1
Can't choose3
Not answered1

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Strongly agree 9 10
Agree 58 49
Neither agree nor disagree 17 22
Disagree 12 13
Strongly disagree 2 0
Can't choose 3 4
Not answered 1 2

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Strongly agree 11 9 6 10 15 9
Agree 50 51 46 63 55 55
Neither agree nor disagree 22 26 18 11 11 24
Disagree 13 10 21 11 12 7
Strongly disagree 0 1 1 2 2 0
Can't choose 3 3 6 1 3 3
Not answered 1 0 1 2 2 2

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Strongly agree 10 9 14
Agree 58 51 50
Neither agree nor disagree 15 23 12
Disagree 12 11 22
Strongly disagree 1 1 0
Can't choose 4 3 1
Not answered 1 2 2

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