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  ISSP, Social Inequality, Republic of Ireland, 2001

Year: 2001
Module: Social Inequality
Variable: V35

Question: Please show how much you agree or disagree with each of these statements.

It is the responsibility of the government to reduce the differences in income between people with high incomes and those with low incomes.

Index to tables on this page

  1. % of men and women
  2. % of people of different religions.
  3. % of people of different ages.

Overall Results %
Strongly agree20
Agree57
Neither agree nor disagree8
Disagree13
Strongly disagree1
Can't choose2

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Strongly agree 18 21
Agree 54 60
Neither agree nor disagree 8 8
Disagree 16 10
Strongly disagree 2 0
Can't choose 2 1

Table Index
Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Strongly agree 21 16 21 19 21 23
Agree 53 61 59 53 62 53
Neither agree nor disagree 15 8 4 6 4 8
Disagree 9 12 15 20 10 11
Strongly disagree 2 3 1 0 1 0
Can't choose 1 1 0 2 3 4

Table Index
Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Strongly agree 18 * *
Agree 59 * *
Neither agree nor disagree 7 * *
Disagree 13 * *
Strongly disagree 1 0 *
Can't choose 1 * *
* indicates that the number of people in this category is
too small to allow percentages to be calculated.

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