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  Northern Ireland Referendum and Election Study - 1998

Year: 1998
Module: Main
Variable: Q27

Question: Some people say that the politicians that we elect knowwhat ordinary people think. Others say that the politicians that we elect don't know much about what ordinary people think. Using this scale. Where would you place yourself?

Index to tables on this page

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

Overall Results %
1 -Politicians know what ordinary people think 15
2 24
3 27
4 15
5 - Politicians don't know what ordinary people think 13
Don't know 6
Refused/Not answered 0

Results for men and women
%
  Men Women
1 -Politicians know what ordinary people think 16 15
2 24 24
3 27 27
4 16 15
5 - Politicians don't know what ordinary people think 13 12
Don't know 4 7
Refused/Not answered 1 0


Table Index

Results by Religion
 %
  Catholic Protestant No religion
1 -Politicians know what ordinary people think 22 13 6
2 23 25 18
3 25 27 38
4 15 15 21
5 - Politicians don't know what ordinary people think 9 15 13
Don't know 6 5 4
Refused/Not answered 0 0 0

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