Year: 2006
Module: Role_of_government
Variable: V31
Question: On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the governments responsibility to ..
reduce income differences between the rich and the poor.
Index
to tables on this page
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% of
people of different ages.
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%
of
people of different religions.
| Overall
Results |
% |
| Definitely should be | 43 |
| Probably should be | 32 |
| Probably should not be | 12 |
| Definitely should not be | 7 |
| Cannot choose | 5 |
| Not answered | 1 |
| Results for men and women |
%
|
| | Male | Female |
| Definitely should be |
40 |
46 |
| Probably should be |
32 |
32 |
| Probably should not be |
15 |
10 |
| Definitely should not be |
9 |
6 |
| Cannot choose |
4 |
6 |
| Not answered |
1 |
1 |
| Results
for people of different ages |
%
|
| | 18-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65+ |
| Definitely should be |
40 |
40 |
36 |
51 |
47 |
46 |
| Probably should be |
28 |
30 |
34 |
29 |
33 |
35 |
| Probably should not be |
16 |
16 |
15 |
8 |
9 |
9 |
| Definitely should not be |
11 |
7 |
9 |
7 |
6 |
4 |
| Cannot choose |
4 |
7 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
| Not answered |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Results
for people of different religions |
% |
| | Roman catholic | Protestant | No religion |
| Definitely should be |
43 |
49 |
55 |
| Probably should be |
33 |
27 |
23 |
| Probably should not be |
12 |
16 |
13 |
| Definitely should not be |
7 |
7 |
10 |
| Cannot choose |
5 |
2 |
0 |
| Not answered |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
