Year: 2007
Module: Public Services
Variable: SELSCH

Now please think about a school where more parents have asked for a place for their children than there are places available. Which of these options do you think would be the best way of deciding which children should go to that school?

 

%

Give priority to those children who live closest to the school 54
Allow the school to choose which children to admit23
Hold a ballot to select at random which children to admit8
Can't choose16

 

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

%

  MaleFemale
Give priority to those children who live closest to the school 55 53
Allow the school to choose which children to admit 24 21
Hold a ballot to select at random which children to admit 5 10
Can't choose 16 16

  

 
Results for people of different ages

%

  18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Give priority to those children who live closest to the school 50 56 51 54 61 51
Allow the school to choose which children to admit 32 15 24 23 17 27
Hold a ballot to select at random which children to admit 8 12 9 8 5 4
Can't choose 10 18 17 15 16 19

 

  

Results for people of different religions

%

  CatholicProtestantNo religion

Give priority to those children who live closest to the school

 47 60 48
Allow the school to choose which children to admit 22 23 26
Hold a ballot to select at random which children to admit 10 5 11
Can't choose 22 12 16

 

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