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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1996

Year: 1996
Module: Politics
Variable: STIFSENT

Question: Please tick one box to show how much you agree or disagree with this statement.
People who break the law should be given stiffer sentences.

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 strongly30
Agree47
Neither agree nor disagree18
Disagree3
Disagree strongly1
Not answered2

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Agree strongly 32 29
Agree 43 51
Neither agree nor disagree 21 15
Disagree 2 3
Disagree strongly 0 1
Not answered 1 2

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Agree strongly 25 20 26 31 42 47
Agree 46 52 53 47 42 37
Neither agree nor disagree 23 24 16 19 12 8
Disagree 6 4 3 2 0 1
Disagree strongly 0 0 1 1 1 1
Not answered 0 0 1 0 3 6

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Agree strongly 24 35 30
Agree 48 48 43
Neither agree nor disagree 22 14 18
Disagree 2 2 6
Disagree strongly 1 0 0
Not answered 2 1 3

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