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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1991

Year: 1991
Module: Religious_Observance
Variable: MURDRPEN

Question: Here are some measures to deal with crime. Some people are in favour of them while others are against them.
Do you agree or disagree that people convicted of murder should be subject to the death penalty?

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 agree28
Agree16
Neither agree nor disagree12
Disagree24
Strongly disagree14
Can't choose5
Not answered1

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Strongly agree 32 26
Agree 14 18
Neither agree nor disagree 11 14
Disagree 23 24
Strongly disagree 15 13
Can't choose 5 4
Not answered 1 1

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Strongly agree 24 31 30 25 35 27
Agree 18 16 16 15 12 21
Neither agree nor disagree 15 9 13 11 12 13
Disagree 29 19 20 27 28 19
Strongly disagree 9 18 18 13 9 12
Can't choose 6 5 3 6 3 5
Not answered 0 1 1 3 0 3

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Strongly agree 11 39 32
Agree 7 22 19
Neither agree nor disagree 14 12 8
Disagree 35 16 21
Strongly disagree 26 6 15
Can't choose 5 5 3
Not answered 2 1 2

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