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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes - 1995

Year: 1995

Module: Taxation
Variable: PTRSPDC2


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?
Putlic transport.


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 taxes25
Keep spending and taxes the same60
Cut spending and taxes11
(none of these1
Don't know3
Not answered0


Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Increase spending and taxes 31 20
Keep spending and taxes the same 52 66
Cut spending and taxes 14 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 23 18 22 33 * *
Keep spending and taxes the same 58 67 63 59 * *
Cut spending and taxes 16 12 11 5 * *
(none of these 0 2 0 0 * 0
Don't know 3 1 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 26 25 *
Keep spending and taxes the same 58 62 *
Cut spending and taxes 14 8 *
(none of these 0 0 *
Don't know 2 5 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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