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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1990

Year: 1990
Module: Civil_Liberties
Variable: NINPRISN

Question: Please tick one box for each statement below to show how much you agree or disagree with it.
The prisons contain too many people who ought ot be given a lighter punishment.

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 %
Agree strongly8
Agree28
Neither agree nor disagree33
Disagree25
Disagree strongly4
Can't choose0
Not answered1

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Agree strongly 9 8
Agree 27 30
Neither agree nor disagree 35 31
Disagree 26 24
Disagree strongly 3 6
Can't choose 0 0
Not answered 1 2

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Agree strongly 6 12 7 8 6 10
Agree 35 24 30 28 27 28
Neither agree nor disagree 35 30 33 38 32 28
Disagree 21 29 28 16 30 26
Disagree strongly 3 4 3 9 4 3
Can't choose 0 0 0 1 0 1
Not answered 0 1 0 0 2 5

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Agree strongly 11 6 11
Agree 36 23 28
Neither agree nor disagree 34 32 31
Disagree 14 33 22
Disagree strongly 3 5 5
Can't choose 0 0 0
Not answered 1 1 3

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