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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1994

Year: 1994
Module: Gender_and_Family_Roles
Variable: MARVIEW4

Question: Do you agree or disagree that the main purpose of marriage these days is to have children?

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 agree2
Agree18
Neither agree nor disagree15
Disagree54
Strongly disagree9
Can't choose2
Not answered1

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Strongly agree 1 2
Agree 20 17
Neither agree nor disagree 16 14
Disagree 54 53
Strongly disagree 6 11
Can't choose 2 2
Not answered 1 1

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Strongly agree 0 1 0 3 5 2
Agree 9 10 16 15 22 39
Neither agree nor disagree 20 12 16 16 10 14
Disagree 55 64 53 59 52 37
Strongly disagree 16 13 12 4 5 2
Can't choose 0 0 2 1 5 4
Not answered 0 0 1 2 1 2

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Strongly agree 2 2 3
Agree 25 16 9
Neither agree nor disagree 12 16 17
Disagree 48 57 55
Strongly disagree 12 6 15
Can't choose 2 2 0
Not answered 1 1 1

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