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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1996

Year: 1996
Module: Political Trust
Variable: LOSETCH

Question: Please choose a phrase from this card to say how much you agree or disagree with the following statement.
Generally speaking those we elect lose touch with the people pretty quickly.

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 %
Agree strongly31
Agree49
Neither agree nor disagree10
Disagree8
Disagree strongly1
Don't know1
Not answered0

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Agree strongly 32 30
Agree 48 50
Neither agree nor disagree 10 10
Disagree 9 8
Disagree strongly 1 1
Don't know 1 1
Not answered 0 0

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Agree strongly 19 28 30 32 39 38
Agree 53 51 54 47 43 45
Neither agree nor disagree 14 15 7 10 5 7
Disagree 9 6 9 9 11 8
Disagree strongly 0 0 1 2 3 0
Don't know 5 1 0 0 0 1
Not answered 0 0 0 0 0 2

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Agree strongly 32 29 36
Agree 49 49 48
Neither agree nor disagree 8 11 11
Disagree 9 9 4
Disagree strongly 1 1 0
Don't know 0 1 1
Not answered 0 0 0

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