Year: 2010
Module:Political_Attitudes
Variable:MLADECL2

When Assembly members in Northern Ireland are elected they have to declare whether they are a ‘unionist’, a ‘nationalist’, or ‘other’. People have different views about whether this is a good idea. Here are some things that have been said, how much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements?
This is a good system because you can see quickly which side people are on.

 

%

Strongly agree4
Agree27
Neither agree nor disagree32
Disagree26
Strongly disagree6
Can't choose6

 

Go to results for men and women, people of different ages and people of different religions.
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Results for men and women

%

 MaleFemale
Strongly agree 5 3
Agree 28 25
Neither agree nor disagree 25 37
Disagree 29 23
Strongly disagree 7 5
Can't choose 5 6

  

 

Results for people of different ages

%

 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Strongly agree 6 4 1 4 7 4
Agree 26 22 22 28 21 40
Neither agree nor disagree 31 33 39 29 31 25
Disagree 25 24 29 25 30 23
Strongly disagree 8 7 6 8 5 5
Can't choose 5 11 3 5 7 4

 

  

Results for people of different religions

%

 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Strongly agree 4 4 4
Agree 29 27 16
Neither agree nor disagree 32 32 29
Disagree 24 25 36
Strongly disagree 6 6 8
Can't choose 5 6 7

 

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