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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1991

Year: 1991
Module: Religious_Observance
Variable: STIFSNT3

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 who break the law should be given stiffer sentences?

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 agree42
Agree37
Neither agree nor disagree14
Disagree4
Strongly disagree0
Can't choose2
Not answered1

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Strongly agree 41 43
Agree 34 39
Neither agree nor disagree 17 12
Disagree 5 4
Strongly disagree 1 0
Can't choose 2 1
Not answered 1 1

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Strongly agree 27 37 41 50 50 53
Agree 46 37 36 38 28 32
Neither agree nor disagree 21 18 14 7 17 6
Disagree 5 6 5 3 2 5
Strongly disagree 0 1 1 0 0 1
Can't choose 2 2 2 0 3 2
Not answered 0 0 2 2 0 2

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Strongly agree 32 49 38
Agree 39 37 28
Neither agree nor disagree 17 11 26
Disagree 6 3 4
Strongly disagree 1 0 0
Can't choose 4 1 1
Not answered 2 1 2

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