SOL: Northern Ireland Social Attitudes

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Northern Ireland Social Attitudes - 1995

Year: 1995
Module: Social_Networks
Variable: PALS

Question: Thinking now of close friends - not your husband or wife or partner or family members - but people you feel fairly close to.

How many close friends would you say you have?

Index to tables on this page

% of men and women
% of people of different ages
% of people of different religions.

Overall Results	%
None	23
One	12
Two	20
Three	18
Nine	1
Ten	13
Twenty	5
96+	0
Unknown number	5
Not answered	2

Table Index

Results for men and women	%
	Male	Female
None	22	24
One	9	15
Two	17	23
Three	15	20
Nine	2	1
Ten	18	9
Twenty	9	3
96+	0	0
Unknown number	5	5
Not answered	3	2

Table Index

Results for people of different ages	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
None	*	*	24	29	*	*
One	*	*	10	6	*	*
Two	*	*	32	20	*	*
Three	*	*	12	19	*	*
Nine	0	*	2	0	0	*
Ten	*	*	13	14	*	*
Twenty	*	*	4	7	*	*
96+	0	0	0	0	*	0
Unknown number	0	0	4	5	*	*
Not answered	0	0	0	0	*	*

* indicates that the number of people in this category is
too small to allow percentages to be calculated.

Table Index

Results for people of different religions	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
None	26	21	*
One	12	14	*
Two	20	19	*
Three	21	16	*
Nine	0	2	0
Ten	8	14	*
Twenty	6	6	*
96+	0	0	0
Unknown number	4	6	*
Not answered	2	3	*

* indicates that the number of people in this category is
too small to allow percentages to be calculated.

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