Year: 1995
Module: Taxation
Variable: EDCSPDC2
Question: 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?
Education.
Index
to tables on this page
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%
of
people of different ages
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%
of
people of different religions.
| Overall
Results |
% |
| Increase spending and taxes | 62 |
| Keep spending and taxes the same | 29 |
| Cut spending and taxes | 5 |
| (none of these | 1 |
| Don't know | 3 |
| Not answered | 0 |
| Results
for men and women |
%
|
| | Male | Female |
| Increase spending and taxes |
63 |
62 |
| Keep spending and taxes the same |
30 |
29 |
| Cut spending and taxes |
4 |
6 |
| (none of these |
1 |
0 |
| Don't know |
2 |
4 |
| Not answered |
0 |
1 |
| Results
for people of different ages |
%
|
| | 18-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65+ |
| Increase spending and taxes |
59 |
59 |
66 |
70 |
* |
* |
| Keep spending and taxes the same |
34 |
31 |
23 |
27 |
* |
* |
| Cut spending and taxes |
4 |
8 |
7 |
0 |
* |
* |
| (none of these |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
* |
0 |
| Don't know |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
* |
| Not answered |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
* |
* indicates that the number of people in this category is
too small to allow percentages to be calculated.
| Results
for people of different religions |
%
|
| | Catholic | Protestant | No religion |
| Increase spending and taxes |
70 |
57 |
* |
| Keep spending and taxes the same |
22 |
35 |
* |
| Cut spending and taxes |
7 |
3 |
* |
| (none of these |
0 |
0 |
* |
| Don't know |
2 |
4 |
0 |
| Not answered |
0 |
1 |
0 |
* indicates that the number of people in this category is
too small to allow percentages to be calculated.
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