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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1990

Year: 1990
Module: Civil_Liberties
Variable: STIFSENT

Question: Please tick one box for each statement below to show how much you agree or disagree with it.
People who break the law should be given stiffer sentences.

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 strongly22
Agree48
Neither agree nor disagree19
Disagree9
Disagree strongly0
Can't choose0
Not answered1

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Agree strongly 23 21
Agree 46 51
Neither agree nor disagree 21 17
Disagree 9 10
Disagree strongly 0 0
Can't choose 0 0
Not answered 1 1

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Agree strongly 17 18 18 20 30 32
Agree 47 49 49 49 50 46
Neither agree nor disagree 17 24 21 26 11 12
Disagree 20 8 11 4 8 7
Disagree strongly 0 0 0 1 0 0
Can't choose 0 0 0 0 0 0
Not answered 0 0 1 0 1 4

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Agree strongly 10 29 24
Agree 48 50 44
Neither agree nor disagree 24 15 22
Disagree 16 4 10
Disagree strongly 1 0 1
Can't choose 0 0 0
Not answered 1 1 0

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