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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1996

Year: 1996
Module: Political Trust
Variable: APATHY4

Question: Please tick one box to show how much you agree or disagree with each of the following statements.
Even the best politician cannot have much impact because of the way government works.

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 %
Strongly agree10
Agree46
Neither agree nor disagree21
Disagree15
Strongly disagree1
Don't know4
Not answered3

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Strongly agree 10 10
Agree 50 43
Neither agree nor disagree 18 24
Disagree 16 14
Strongly disagree 2 1
Don't know 3 5
Not answered 1 4

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Strongly agree 2 9 9 13 12 12
Agree 48 42 47 40 55 51
Neither agree nor disagree 22 28 19 25 13 13
Disagree 19 13 15 19 16 9
Strongly disagree 0 1 1 1 0 3
Don't know 9 5 4 1 1 5
Not answered 0 1 5 0 3 7

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Strongly agree 12 9 9
Agree 53 43 41
Neither agree nor disagree 18 23 25
Disagree 10 17 17
Strongly disagree 1 2 0
Don't know 4 5 2
Not answered 3 2 6

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