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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes - 1995

Year: 1995
Module: Drugs
Variable: HERLEGAD

Question: How much do you agree or disagree that people should not be prosecuted for possessing small amounts of heroin for their own use?

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 disagree9
Disagree16
Strongly disagree1
Don't know4

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Strongly agree 32 28
Agree 37 43
Neither agree nor disagree 10 9
Disagree 16 15
Strongly disagree 1 1
Don't know 3 5

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Strongly agree 18 29 33 31 27 37
Agree 50 48 39 39 41 28
Neither agree nor disagree 10 8 9 10 10 10
Disagree 23 12 17 16 18 11
Strongly disagree 0 1 2 1 0 1
Don't know 0 1 1 2 5 14

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Strongly agree 30 29 40
Agree 35 45 33
Neither agree nor disagree 11 9 6
Disagree 18 12 21
Strongly disagree 2 0 0
Don't know 4 5 0

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