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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes - 1995

Year: 1995
Module: Politics
Variable: STIFSENT

Question: Please tick one box to show how much you agree or disagree with this statement.
People who break the law should be given stiffer sentences.

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 %
Agree strongly31
Agree49
Neither agree nor disagree16
Disagree3
Disagree strongly0
Not answered1

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Agree strongly 29 33
Agree 48 50
Neither agree nor disagree 18 15
Disagree 3 2
Disagree strongly 0 0
Not answered 1 1

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Agree strongly 27 33 29 35 28 35
Agree 41 48 53 48 50 52
Neither agree nor disagree 30 15 13 14 18 10
Disagree 2 2 4 3 3 2
Disagree strongly 0 0 0 0 1 0
Not answered 0 1 1 0 1 2

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Agree strongly 25 35 32
Agree 48 52 45
Neither agree nor disagree 23 10 14
Disagree 3 1 8
Disagree strongly 0 0 0
Not answered 2 1 1

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