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  Social Inequality, British Social Attitudes, ISSP - 1999

Year: 1999
Module: Social Inequality
Variable: INCDIFF

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 ages
  3. % of people of different religions.

Overall Results %
Strongly agree18
Agree46
Neither agree nor disagree16
Disagree12
Strongly disagree2
Can't choose2
Not answered4

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Strongly agree 21 16
Agree 41 51
Neither agree nor disagree 17 15
Disagree 14 10
Strongly disagree 3 2
Can't choose 1 2
Not answered 4 4

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Strongly agree 14 14 17 23 22 18
Agree 56 49 43 48 40 47
Neither agree nor disagree 19 23 20 10 16 12
Disagree 6 8 12 13 15 12
Strongly disagree 0 2 3 2 3 2
Can't choose 1 2 2 2 1 3
Not answered 5 4 4 2 4 6

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Strongly agree 30 17 18
Agree 48 43 48
Neither agree nor disagree 7 15 18
Disagree 7 16 7
Strongly disagree 3 2 2
Can't choose 1 2 2
Not answered 4 5 3

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