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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes - 1995

Year: 1995

Module: Drugs
Variable: DRUGSC15


Question:
Here are some statements about illegal drugs, such as cannabis, cocaine and heroin.

The legalisation of drugs would lead to a considerable increase in misuse.


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 agree30
Agree40
Neither agree nor disagree11
Disagree9
Strongly disagree3
Don't know4
Not answered3


Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Strongly agree 29 30
Agree 37 42
Neither agree nor disagree 13 9
Disagree 9 9
Strongly disagree 4 3
Don't know 4 5
Not answered 4 2


Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Strongly agree 26 23 33 34 31 30
Agree 35 51 37 32 41 38
Neither agree nor disagree 16 12 10 10 9 10
Disagree 16 7 11 10 10 4
Strongly disagree 2 5 3 3 2 4
Don't know 3 1 5 8 2 9
Not answered 2 2 1 3 5 6


Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Strongly agree 28 34 22
Agree 34 42 45
Neither agree nor disagree 13 8 12
Disagree 10 9 12
Strongly disagree 5 2 4
Don't know 7 3 3
Not answered 4 2 1


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