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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1996

Year: 1996

Module: Political Trust
Variable: VOTEWRTH


Question:
Which of these statements comes closest to your view about general elections?


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 %
It is not really worth voting16
People should vote only if they care who wins26
It is everyone's duty to vote56
Don't know0
Not answered1


Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
It is not really worth voting 18 15
People should vote only if they care who wins 27 26
It is everyone's duty to vote 54 58
Don't know 0 0
Not answered 2 1


Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
It is not really worth voting 14 18 19 12 18 13
People should vote only if they care who wins 48 35 23 20 19 14
It is everyone's duty to vote 32 47 57 68 62 71
Don't know 1 0 0 0 0 0
Not answered 5 0 1 0 1 2


Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
It is not really worth voting 20 12 21
People should vote only if they care who wins 27 25 29
It is everyone's duty to vote 52 62 48
Don't know 0 0 0
Not answered 1 1 2


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