NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2004
Module: Political Attitudes
Variable: TCAIM1

If there was to be a Truth Commission, what do you think should be its most important aim?

	%
To get at the truth	28
To punish people who committed criminal offences	9
To get compensation for victims	3
To allow a line to be drawn under the past	17
To help communities become reconciled	14
As an opportunity for people to tell their stories	1
To find out if some people or institutions abused their power	3
To get healing and closure	14
To get the story straight about what happened during the conflict	7
Other (specify)	1
(Don't know)	4

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
To get at the truth	30	27
To punish people who committed criminal offences	9	9
To get compensation for victims	3	2
To allow a line to be drawn under the past	18	16
To help communities become reconciled	11	16
As an opportunity for people to tell their stories	1	2
To find out if some people or institutions abused their power	3	3
To get healing and closure	12	15
To get the story straight about what happened during the conflict	7	7
Other (specify)	1	1
(Don't know)	4	5

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
To get at the truth	27	28	19	26	29	41
To punish people who committed criminal offences	9	8	8	11	7	11
To get compensation for victims	5	3	3	2	1	3
To allow a line to be drawn under the past	16	15	20	19	18	13
To help communities become reconciled	13	14	19	12	14	10
As an opportunity for people to tell their stories	0	2	1	2	2	1
To find out if some people or institutions abused their power	5	3	3	3	3	2
To get healing and closure	14	15	16	15	16	7
To get the story straight about what happened during the conflict	9	9	7	5	5	5
Other (specify)	0	0	1	1	1	1
(Don't know)	2	3	4	5	5	6

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

To get at the truth 25 31 29
To punish people who committed criminal offences 6 11 8
To get compensation for victims 3 3 3
To allow a line to be drawn under the past 20 15 16
To help communities become reconciled 14 13 16
As an opportunity for people to tell their stories 1 1 3
To find out if some people or institutions abused their power 4 2 4
To get healing and closure 16 12 12
To get the story straight about what happened during the conflict 9 6 5
Other (specify) 1 1 0
(Don't know) 3 5 5

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	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
To get at the truth	25	31	29
To punish people who committed criminal offences	6	11	8
To get compensation for victims	3	3	3
To allow a line to be drawn under the past	20	15	16
To help communities become reconciled	14	13	16
As an opportunity for people to tell their stories	1	1	3
To find out if some people or institutions abused their power	4	2	4
To get healing and closure	16	12	12
To get the story straight about what happened during the conflict	9	6	5
Other (specify)	1	1	0
(Don't know)	3	5	5