NI Life and Times Survey

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

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

	%
A scientist in a government department	26
A scientist in an environmental campaign group	3
A scientist in a university	2
A scientist in the nuclear power industry	18
A scientist writing in a newspaper	4
A journalist writing in a newspaper	36
None of these	3
Dont know	7

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
A scientist in a government department	28	24
A scientist in an environmental campaign group	5	2
A scientist in a university	2	2
A scientist in the nuclear power industry	17	19
A scientist writing in a newspaper	2	6
A journalist writing in a newspaper	40	33
None of these	1	5
Dont know	5	9

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
A scientist in a government department	20	22	33	31	30	20
A scientist in an environmental campaign group	3	4	5	4	2	1
A scientist in a university	2	0	2	4	0	3
A scientist in the nuclear power industry	22	20	20	19	14	10
A scientist writing in a newspaper	4	4	4	6	1	4
A journalist writing in a newspaper	36	45	30	31	41	39
None of these	3	2	4	3	5	5
Dont know	9	4	3	3	7	18

Results for people of different religions

	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
A scientist in a government department	26	23	40
A scientist in an environmental campaign group	3	4	0
A scientist in a university	3	1	1
A scientist in the nuclear power industry	20	17	16
A scientist writing in a newspaper	3	6	2
A journalist writing in a newspaper	34	39	39
None of these	4	3	0
Dont know	7	8	3