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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1990

Year: 1990

Module: Role_of_Government
Variable: GVSPEND7


Question:
Listed below are various areas of government spending. Please show whether you would like to see more or less government spending in each area. Remember that if you say 'much more', it might require a tax increase to pay for it.
Unemployment benefits.


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 %
Spend much more17
Spend more34
Spend the same as now33
Spend less9
Spend much less2
Can't choose2
Not answered3


Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Spend much more 13 21
Spend more 33 36
Spend the same as now 35 31
Spend less 10 7
Spend much less 3 1
Can't choose 2 2
Not answered 3 3


Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Spend much more 15 18 16 14 28 13
Spend more 41 33 38 32 32 32
Spend the same as now 28 32 34 37 28 36
Spend less 12 9 10 12 5 5
Spend much less 0 5 0 3 0 2
Can't choose 1 1 1 1 3 5
Not answered 5 1 2 1 4 7


Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Spend much more 27 11 15
Spend more 42 29 37
Spend the same as now 21 40 32
Spend less 4 13 6
Spend much less 0 2 7
Can't choose 2 3 0
Not answered 4 2 4


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