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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1991

Year: 1991
Module: Religious_Observance
Variable: BETRBELF

Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of the following?
It would be better for Northern Ireland if more people with strong religious beliefs held public office.

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 agree8
Agree15
Neither agree nor disagree19
Disagree33
Strongly disagree19
Can't choose4
Not answered1

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Strongly agree 6 10
Agree 13 17
Neither agree nor disagree 18 20
Disagree 35 31
Strongly disagree 22 17
Can't choose 4 5
Not answered 2 1

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Strongly agree 3 4 6 13 8 15
Agree 10 9 10 15 24 28
Neither agree nor disagree 21 26 18 15 17 19
Disagree 36 34 39 30 29 28
Strongly disagree 22 22 22 22 16 8
Can't choose 8 6 4 1 4 2
Not answered 0 0 2 4 2 1

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Strongly agree 8 9 4
Agree 13 18 7
Neither agree nor disagree 14 23 20
Disagree 37 30 33
Strongly disagree 23 15 32
Can't choose 4 4 2
Not answered 1 1 2

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