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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes - 1995

Year: 1995

Module: Countryside
Variable: CTHTNEW1


Question:
Which, if any, of the things on this card do you think is the greatest threat to the countryside? If you think none of them is a threat, please say so.


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 %
Litter and fly-tipping of rubbish 28
New housing and urban sprawl 10
Superstores and out-of-town shopping centres 2
Building new roads and motorways 3
Industrial development like factories, quarries and powerstations 9
Land and air pollution, or discharges into rivers and lakes 41
Changes to traditional ways of farming a and of using farmland 3
Changes to the ordinary natural appearance of the countryside, including plants and wildlife 2
The number of tourists and visitors in the countryside 0
Other answers 0
(None of these) 1
Don't know 0


Results for men and women
%
  Male Female
Litter and fly-tipping of rubbish 31 25
New housing and urban sprawl 10 9
Superstores and out-of-town shopping centres 0 4
Building new roads and motorways 4 3
Industrial development like factories, quarries and powerstations 7 12
Land and air pollution, or discharges into rivers and lakes 41 41
Changes to traditional ways of farming a and of using farmland 3 3
Changes to the ordinary natural appearance of the countryside, including plants and wildlife 2 2
The number of tourists and visitors in the countryside 1 0
Other answers 1 0
(None of these) 1 1
Don't know 0 1


Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
  18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+
Litter and fly-tipping of rubbish 11 21 21 25 34 50
New housing and urban sprawl 13 14 11 12 6 3
Superstores and out-of-town shopping centres 3 2 2 4 3 1
Building new roads and motorways 2 6 4 4 2 1
Industrial development like factories, quarries and powerstations 18 13 10 8 9 4
Land and air pollution, or discharges into rivers and lakes 48 36 51 44 37 31
Changes to traditional ways of farming a and of using farmland 5 5 1 0 4 3
Changes to the ordinary natural appearance of the countryside, including plants and wildlife 0 3 0 2 4 2
The number of tourists and visitors in the countryside 0 0 0 1 0 1
Other answers 0 1 0 1 0 0
(None of these) 2 1 0 0 0 3
Don't know 0 0 0 0 0 2


Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
  Catholic Protestant No religion
Litter and fly-tipping of rubbish 27 32 20
New housing and urban sprawl 6 12 15
Superstores and out-of-town shopping centres 3 2 1
Building new roads and motorways 2 4 6
Industrial development like factories, quarries and powerstations 7 11 7
Land and air pollution, or discharges into rivers and lakes 46 34 43
Changes to traditional ways of farming a and of using farmland 4 1 6
Changes to the ordinary natural appearance of the countryside, including plants and wildlife 3 2 2
The number of tourists and visitors in the countryside 0 1 0
Other answers 0 1 0
(None of these) 1 1 0
Don't know 0 1 0


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