NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2004
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.

	%
Agree strongly	14
Agree	47
Neither agree nor disagree	16
Disagree	18
Disagree strongly	4
Can't choose	1
Missing	1

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Agree strongly	12	15
Agree	44	50
Neither agree nor disagree	15	16
Disagree	22	14
Disagree strongly	5	3
Can't choose	1	1
Missing	1	1

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Agree strongly	10	11	12	16	17	15
Agree	41	46	52	39	45	57
Neither agree nor disagree	19	23	14	17	13	12
Disagree	25	15	15	20	19	12
Disagree strongly	3	3	5	6	4	1
Can't choose	2	1	2	0	1	1
Missing	1	1	0	2	1	2

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Agree strongly 17 12 12
Agree 43 53 34
Neither agree nor disagree 15 16 18
Disagree 19 15 26
Disagree strongly 3 3 7
Can't choose 1 0 3
Missing 2 1 1

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	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
Agree strongly	17	12	12
Agree	43	53	34
Neither agree nor disagree	15	16	18
Disagree	19	15	26
Disagree strongly	3	3	7
Can't choose	1	0	3
Missing	2	1	1