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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes - 1995

Year: 1995
Module: Education
Variable: SECIMP2

Question: And which do you think would be the next most useful one for children in secondary and grammar schools?

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 %
More information available about individual schools3
More links between parents and schools8
More resources for buildings, books and equipment15
Better quality teachers9
Smaller class sizes15
More emphasis on exams and tests7
More emphasis on developing the child's skills and interests21
More training and preparation for jobs19
Don't know3
Not answered0

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
More information available about individual schools 3 3
More links between parents and schools 6 10
More resources for buildings, books and equipment 17 14
Better quality teachers 9 9
Smaller class sizes 14 15
More emphasis on exams and tests 5 8
More emphasis on developing the child's skills and interests 21 21
More training and preparation for jobs 22 17
Don't know 2 3
Not answered 0 0

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
More information available about individual schools 0 2 2 6 7 3
More links between parents and schools 4 8 7 7 13 11
More resources for buildings, books and equipment 14 14 14 18 23 12
Better quality teachers 8 10 8 15 10 5
Smaller class sizes 11 15 15 12 16 18
More emphasis on exams and tests 13 10 5 3 5 4
More emphasis on developing the child's skills and interests 28 20 25 18 13 19
More training and preparation for jobs 19 20 23 18 12 20
Don't know 2 1 1 5 1 8
Not answered 0 0 0 0 0 1

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
More information available about individual schools 2 4 1
More links between parents and schools 8 8 4
More resources for buildings, books and equipment 18 14 16
Better quality teachers 7 11 9
Smaller class sizes 17 11 24
More emphasis on exams and tests 8 7 5
More emphasis on developing the child's skills and interests 14 26 21
More training and preparation for jobs 23 15 21
Don't know 3 3 0
Not answered 0 0 0

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