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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1996

Year: 1996
Module: Countryside
Variable: FACTWSTE

Question: Suppose it is discovered that some of a factory's waste has begun leaking into a nearby river. Should the factory ?br>

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 %
Just be asked to do something about it 9
Should it be heavily fined for every week it continues 52
Should it be shut down unless it does something about it 39
Don't know0
Not answered0

Results for men and women
%
  Male Female
Just be asked to do something about it 8 10
Should it be heavily fined for every week it continues 57 47
Should it be shut down unless it does something about it 35 42
Don't know 0 1
Not answered 0 0

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
  18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+
Just be asked to do something about it 10 6 7 12 9 13
Should it be heavily fined for every week it continues 46 48 47 50 60 62
Should it be shut down unless it does something about it 43 46 46 39 31 24
Don't know 2 0 0 0 1 1
Not answered 0 0 0 0 0 1

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
  Catholic Protestant No religion
Just be asked to do something about it 8 10 6
Should it be heavily fined for every week it continues 53 52 47
Should it be shut down unless it does something about it 38 38 47
Don't know 0 0 0
Not answered 0 0 0

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