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  Northern Ireland Referendum and Election Study - 1998


Year: 1998

Module: Main
Variable: Q16CA-Q16CD


Question:
If response to Q16B means that respondent filled in mock ballot formŮ
Thinking about your first choice candidate, did you choose him or her because of any of the following reasons?

The following tables show the percentage of respondents choosing each reason.

Index to tables on this page

  1. % of men and women.
  2. % of people of different religions.

Overall Results %
I wanted to pick somebody who was in favour of the Good Friday Agreement. 54
I wanted to pick somebody who was against the Good Friday Agreement 14
I wanted to pick someboyd whose general views were close to my own 68
I wanted to pick somebody who would work hard for local people in this area 68


Results for men and women
%
  Men Women
I wanted to pick somebody who was in favour of the Good Friday Agreement. 56 53
I wanted to pick somebody who was against the Good Friday Agreement 16 13
I wanted to pick someboyd whose general views were close to my own 63 72
I wanted to pick somebody who would work hard for local people in this area 66 70



Table Index

Results by Religion
%
  Catholic Protestant No religion
I wanted to pick somebody who was in favour of the Good Friday Agreement. 78 38 *
I wanted to pick somebody who was against the Good Friday Agreement 0 24 *
I wanted to pick someboyd whose general views were close to my own 70 67 *
I wanted to pick somebody who would work hard for local people in this area 81 63 *
* indicates that the number of people in this category is
too small to allow percentages to be calculated


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