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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1996

Year: 1996
Module: Countryside
Variable: CLOSEPTH

Question: Suppose a rarely-used public footpath runs through farming land. Should the farmer be able to get it closed without a lot of fuss and bother?

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 %
Definitely should have the right16
Probably should have the right27
Probably should not have the right24
Definitely should not have the right16
It depends13
Can't choose4
Not answered1

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Definitely should have the right 17 15
Probably should have the right 21 31
Probably should not have the right 29 20
Definitely should not have the right 20 13
It depends 12 14
Can't choose 2 5
Not answered 0 1

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Definitely should have the right 16 16 13 19 19 15
Probably should have the right 29 34 28 24 19 22
Probably should not have the right 24 22 22 21 26 31
Definitely should not have the right 5 18 17 22 19 10
It depends 17 8 16 12 17 13
Can't choose 8 3 4 1 1 5
Not answered 0 0 0 0 0 4

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Definitely should have the right 16 17 12
Probably should have the right 29 27 22
Probably should not have the right 25 24 22
Definitely should not have the right 13 16 23
It depends 11 13 17
Can't choose 5 2 4
Not answered 1 0 1

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