NI Life and Times Survey - 1998: NUCCONFN

Year: 1998
Module:Public Understanding of Science
Variable:NUCCONFN

If each of the people on this card made a statement about the safety of nuclear power stations, who would you have next most confidence in?

	%
A scientist in a government department	15
A scientist in an environmental campaign group	25
A scientist in a university	30
A scientist in the nuclear power industry	12
A scientist writing in a newspaper	13
A journalist writing in a newspaper	4
None of these	3
Dont know	1

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
A scientist in a government department	17	13
A scientist in an environmental campaign group	23	27
A scientist in a university	30	29
A scientist in the nuclear power industry	12	12
A scientist writing in a newspaper	12	13
A journalist writing in a newspaper	3	4
None of these	3	3
Dont know	0	1

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
A scientist in a government department	18	17	13	9	19	16
A scientist in an environmental campaign group	24	25	23	29	24	22
A scientist in a university	25	29	29	28	36	34
A scientist in the nuclear power industry	13	14	17	8	7	10
A scientist writing in a newspaper	12	12	14	16	6	14
A journalist writing in a newspaper	4	1	4	6	6	1
None of these	3	2	1	5	2	4
Dont know	0	1	1	0	1	1

Results for people of different religions

	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
A scientist in a government department	17	13	18
A scientist in an environmental campaign group	22	25	36
A scientist in a university	30	31	23
A scientist in the nuclear power industry	12	12	10
A scientist writing in a newspaper	11	14	7
A journalist writing in a newspaper	4	3	4
None of these	3	2	2
Dont know	1	0	0