NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2004
Module: Countryside
Variable: CTHRT2

And which do you think is the next greatest threat to the countryside?

	%
Litter and fly-tipping of rubbish	14
New housing and urban sprawl	16
Superstores and out-of-town shopping centres	8
Building new roads and motorways	7
Industrial development like factories, quarries and power stations	9
Land and air pollution	13
Discharges into rivers and lakes	17
Changes to traditional ways of farming and of using farmland	3
Changes to the ordinary natural appearance of the countryside, including plants and wildlife	4
The number of tourists and visitors in the countryside	1
The disappearance of farms and farming families	8
Other answer	0
(None of these)	0

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Litter and fly-tipping of rubbish	14	15
New housing and urban sprawl	14	16
Superstores and out-of-town shopping centres	8	8
Building new roads and motorways	8	6
Industrial development like factories, quarries and power stations	8	9
Land and air pollution	13	14
Discharges into rivers and lakes	19	16
Changes to traditional ways of farming and of using farmland	4	2
Changes to the ordinary natural appearance of the countryside, including plants and wildlife	4	4
The number of tourists and visitors in the countryside	1	1
The disappearance of farms and farming families	7	8
Other answer	0	0
(None of these)	0	1

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Litter and fly-tipping of rubbish	13	12	13	14	17	15
New housing and urban sprawl	11	16	15	21	15	14
Superstores and out-of-town shopping centres	10	8	7	10	5	9
Building new roads and motorways	15	7	7	5	4	5
Industrial development like factories, quarries and power stations	14	8	11	6	8	6
Land and air pollution	9	15	16	12	15	13
Discharges into rivers and lakes	13	17	16	18	19	22
Changes to traditional ways of farming and of using farmland	2	2	3	4	4	3
Changes to the ordinary natural appearance of the countryside, including plants and wildlife	5	4	4	5	2	3
The number of tourists and visitors in the countryside	2	0	1	0	1	1
The disappearance of farms and farming families	7	8	8	7	10	7
Other answer	0	1	0	0	0	0
(None of these)	1	1	0	0	0	1

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Litter and fly-tipping of rubbish 13 16 13
New housing and urban sprawl 13 17 18
Superstores and out-of-town shopping centres 8 9 6
Building new roads and motorways 8 5 9
Industrial development like factories, quarries and power stations 10 7 11
Land and air pollution 14 12 14
Discharges into rivers and lakes 17 18 16
Changes to traditional ways of farming and of using farmland 3 3 5
Changes to the ordinary natural appearance of the countryside, including plants and wildlife 7 2 1
The number of tourists and visitors in the countryside 0 1 3
The disappearance of farms and farming families 8 9 3
Other answer 0 0 0
(None of these) 1 1 0

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	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
Litter and fly-tipping of rubbish	13	16	13
New housing and urban sprawl	13	17	18
Superstores and out-of-town shopping centres	8	9	6
Building new roads and motorways	8	5	9
Industrial development like factories, quarries and power stations	10	7	11
Land and air pollution	14	12	14
Discharges into rivers and lakes	17	18	16
Changes to traditional ways of farming and of using farmland	3	3	5
Changes to the ordinary natural appearance of the countryside, including plants and wildlife	7	2	1
The number of tourists and visitors in the countryside	0	1	3
The disappearance of farms and farming families	8	9	3
Other answer	0	0	0
(None of these)	1	1	0