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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1990

Year: 1990
Module: Civil_Liberties
Variable: PCGUNS

Question: Please tick one box for each statement below to show how much you agree or disagree with it.
On-duty police officers should always carry guns.

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 strongly30
Agree37
Neither agree nor disagree14
Disagree15
Disagree strongly3
Can't choose0
Not answered1

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Agree strongly 32 28
Agree 34 40
Neither agree nor disagree 14 14
Disagree 16 13
Disagree strongly 3 3
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 27 26 24 31 41 33
Agree 47 37 40 34 32 36
Neither agree nor disagree 11 14 16 16 15 13
Disagree 11 19 16 16 11 11
Disagree strongly 4 3 4 4 1 3
Can't choose 0 0 0 0 0 0
Not answered 0 1 0 0 1 4

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Agree strongly 6 45 30
Agree 30 41 39
Neither agree nor disagree 25 8 12
Disagree 31 4 12
Disagree strongly 6 1 5
Can't choose 0 0 0
Not answered 1 1 2

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