Year: 2002
Module: Politics
Variable: LRSCALE
Question: In politics people sometimes talk of 'left' and 'right'. Using this card, where would you place yourself on this scale, where 0 means the left and 10 means the right?
Index
to tables on this page
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%
of
people of different ages
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%
of
people of different religions.
| Overall
Results |
% |
| Left | 2 |
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 39 |
| 6 | 7 |
| 7 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 |
| 9 | 1 |
| Right | 2 |
| Don't know | 24 |
| Results
for men and women |
%
|
| | Male | Female |
| Left |
2 |
2 |
| 1 |
1 |
0 |
| 2 |
3 |
2 |
| 3 |
8 |
4 |
| 4 |
6 |
6 |
| 5 |
42 |
37 |
| 6 |
6 |
8 |
| 7 |
8 |
6 |
| 8 |
5 |
2 |
| 9 |
1 |
1 |
| Right |
2 |
3 |
| Don't know |
17 |
31 |
| Results
for people of different ages |
%
|
| | 14-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-65 | 65+ |
| Left |
3 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
| 1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| 2 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
| 3 |
4 |
8 |
11 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
| 4 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
7 |
9 |
2 |
| 5 |
39 |
42 |
36 |
42 |
36 |
41 |
| 6 |
8 |
4 |
7 |
8 |
10 |
6 |
| 7 |
8 |
4 |
6 |
9 |
5 |
9 |
| 8 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
9 |
4 |
| 9 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
| Right |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
| Don't know |
31 |
27 |
27 |
18 |
18 |
26 |
| Results
for people of different religions |
%
|
| | Catholic | Protestant | No religion |
| Left |
3 |
1 |
2 |
| 1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 2 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
| 3 |
8 |
2 |
9 |
| 4 |
8 |
3 |
5 |
| 5 |
38 |
38 |
50 |
| 6 |
7 |
8 |
6 |
| 7 |
2 |
12 |
4 |
| 8 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
| 9 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
| Right |
1 |
4 |
1 |
| Don't know |
29 |
23 |
16 |
|
