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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1996

Year: 1996
Module: Political Trust
Variable: ELECATTN

Question: Please tick one box to show how much you agree or Disagree with each of the following statements.
Elections are a good way of making governments pay attention to what the people think?

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 agree15
Agree46
Neither agree nor Disagree20
Disagree13
Strongly disagree2
Can't choose2
Not answered2

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Strongly agree 16 13
Agree 48 45
Neither agree nor Disagree 21 19
Disagree 11 15
Strongly disagree 2 3
Can't choose 1 2
Not answered 1 2

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Strongly agree 10 8 16 17 20 21
Agree 35 37 50 55 48 50
Neither agree nor Disagree 21 33 17 17 15 11
Disagree 26 18 11 6 13 9
Strongly disagree 3 3 2 2 2 3
Can't choose 5 1 2 1 1 2
Not answered 0 0 3 1 1 4

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Strongly agree 15 14 18
Agree 36 55 41
Neither agree nor Disagree 22 16 31
Disagree 21 10 5
Strongly disagree 4 2 2
Can't choose 1 3 0
Not answered 2 1 4

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