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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes - 1995

Year: 1995

Module: Taxation
Variable: ENVSPDC2


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?
The environment.


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 taxes30
Keep spending and taxes the same55
Cut spending and taxes11
(none of these1
Don't know3
Not answered0


Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Increase spending and taxes 29 31
Keep spending and taxes the same 54 56
Cut spending and taxes 13 9
(none of these 1 0
Don't know 2 4
Not answered 0 1


Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Increase spending and taxes 29 23 28 34 * *
Keep spending and taxes the same 59 66 54 53 * *
Cut spending and taxes 9 10 15 10 * *
(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.


Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Increase spending and taxes 32 28 *
Keep spending and taxes the same 55 56 *
Cut spending and taxes 11 11 *
(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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