NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2003
Module:Political_Attitudes
Variable:GOVCOMP

Please tick one box to show how much you agree or disagree with each of these statements.

Sometimes politics and government seem so complicated that a person like me cannot really understand what is going on.

	%
Strongly agree	18
Agree	43
Neither agree nor disagree	16
Disagree	15
Strongly disagree	5
Can't choose	2
Missing	2

Go to results for men and women, people of different ages and people of different religions.
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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Strongly agree	14	21
Agree	40	44
Neither agree nor disagree	17	15
Disagree	20	12
Strongly disagree	6	3
Can't choose	1	3
Missing	2	2

Results for people of different ages

%

18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+

Strongly agree 18 18 16 15 15 25
Agree 41 41 43 43 41 44
Neither agree nor disagree 22 18 18 15 16 11
Disagree 12 15 16 19 17 11
Strongly disagree 4 4 5 4 6 4
Can't choose 2 3 1 1 2 2
Missing 0 1 1 4 3 2

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Strongly agree 19 18 14
Agree 43 43 37
Neither agree nor disagree 16 17 14
Disagree 14 15 21
Strongly disagree 4 4 12
Can't choose 2 2 1
Missing 2 2 1

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