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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes - 1995

Year: 1995
Module: Welfare
Variable: UB1POOR

Question: Now some questions about welfare benefits. Think of a 25-year-old woman living alone. Her only income comes from state benefits. Would you say that she ?

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 %
Has/have more than enough to live on1
Has/have enough to live on22
Is/are hard up56
Is/are really poor14
Don't know8

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Has/have more than enough to live on 1 2
Has/have enough to live on 24 20
Is/are hard up 54 57
Is/are really poor 14 13
Don't know 7 9

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Has/have more than enough to live on 0 1 2 1 0 1
Has/have enough to live on 23 26 24 19 15 22
Is/are hard up 60 57 55 53 60 51
Is/are really poor 15 11 16 16 14 10
Don't know 2 4 3 11 12 16

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Has/have more than enough to live on 0 1 1
Has/have enough to live on 13 27 28
Is/are hard up 61 53 48
Is/are really poor 20 9 17
Don't know 5 10 6

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