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  Social Inequality, British Social Attitudes, ISSP - 1999

Year: 1999
Module: Social Inequality
Variable: PAYSTUDY

Question: Do you agree or disagree with each of these statement?

No one would study for years to become a lawyer or doctor unless they expected to earn a lot more than ordinary workers.

Index to tables on this page

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

Overall Results %
Strongly agree12
Agree55
Neither agree nor disagree12
Disagree17
Strongly disagree1
Can't choose1
Not answered2

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Strongly agree 15 10
Agree 55 54
Neither agree nor disagree 12 12
Disagree 14 20
Strongly disagree 2 1
Can't choose 1 1
Not answered 2 1

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Strongly agree 11 16 11 16 12 10
Agree 54 50 50 51 59 61
Neither agree nor disagree 20 10 19 9 10 9
Disagree 11 18 18 21 15 15
Strongly disagree 1 2 1 1 2 1
Can't choose 3 2 1 1 1 1
Not answered 0 3 0 1 2 3

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Strongly agree 10 11 14
Agree 59 55 53
Neither agree nor disagree 12 10 15
Disagree 15 18 16
Strongly disagree 0 2 1
Can't choose 3 1 1
Not answered 1 3 1

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