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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes - 1995

Year: 1995
Module: Taxation
Variable: DFCSPDC1

Question: Now some questions about government spending and the taxes to pay for it. Suppose that if spending goes up, then taxes have to be raised to pay for it. If it goes down, taxes can be cut. Suppose that the government had to choose between these three options, for each of these seven areas of government spending, which option do you think would be best for the country as a whole?
Defence.

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 %
Increase spending and taxes8
Keep spending and taxes the same43
Cut spending and taxes44
(none of these1
Don't know5

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Increase spending and taxes 10 6
Keep spending and taxes the same 35 48
Cut spending and taxes 51 39
(none of these 2 1
Don't know 1 7

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Increase spending and taxes * 8 4 4 * 14
Keep spending and taxes the same * 41 36 53 * 43
Cut spending and taxes * 47 54 40 * 29
(none of these 0 3 1 0 0 3
Don't know * 1 5 4 0 12
* 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
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Increase spending and taxes 3 12 *
Keep spending and taxes the same 36 50 *
Cut spending and taxes 54 35 *
(none of these 2 1 *
Don't know 6 4 0
* indicates that the number of people in this category is
too small to allow percentages to be calculated.

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