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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1990

Year: 1990
Module: Civil_Liberties
Variable: BILRITES

Question: Some peole support a Bill of Rights of the UK which would give the courts rather than parliament the final say on any laws or government actions which threaten basic freedoms. Others say it is better to leave things as they are. What do you think?

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 %
Definitely should be a Bill of Rights23
Probably be allowed a Bill of Rights36
Probably should not be a Bill of Rights12
Definitely should not be a Bill of Rights3
Can't choose25
Not answered1

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Definitely should be a bill of rights 29 17
Probably be allowed a bill of rights 37 35
Probably should not be a bill of rights 13 11
Definitely should not be a bill of rights 4 2
Can't choose 16 33
Not answered 1 1

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Definitely should be a bill of rights 22 21 21 25 27 22
Probably be allowed a bill of rights 46 37 41 41 21 27
Probably should not be a bill of rights 4 13 10 11 26 11
Definitely should not be a bill of rights 3 3 1 5 3 5
Can't choose 26 25 26 19 20 31
Not answered 0 1 0 0 3 5

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Definitely should be a bill of rights 28 17 31
Probably be allowed a bill of rights 38 34 35
Probably should not be a bill of rights 7 16 10
Definitely should not be a bill of rights 2 4 6
Can't choose 24 28 17
Not answered 2 1 2

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