Year: 1994
Module: Gender_and_Family_Roles
Variable: IDLNCHLD
Question: All in all, what do you think is the ideal number of children for a family to have?
Index
to tables on this page
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-
%
of
people of different ages
-
%
of
people of different religions.
| Overall
Results |
% |
| None | 0 |
| One | 1 |
| Two | 42 |
| Three | 25 |
| Four | 20 |
| Five | 2 |
| Six or more | 2 |
| Don't know | 2 |
| Not Answered | 5 |
| Results
for men and women |
%
|
| | Male | Female |
| None |
0 |
0 |
| One |
1 |
1 |
| Two |
43 |
42 |
| Three |
26 |
24 |
| Four |
18 |
23 |
| Five |
2 |
2 |
| Six or more |
2 |
2 |
| Don't know |
2 |
2 |
| Not answered |
5 |
5 |
| Results
for people of different ages |
%
|
| | 18-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65+ |
| None |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| One |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
| Two |
38 |
50 |
48 |
46 |
32 |
35 |
| Three |
31 |
26 |
24 |
23 |
25 |
22 |
| Four |
21 |
15 |
18 |
20 |
28 |
25 |
| Five |
2 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
| Six or more |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
| Don't know |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
| Not answered |
4 |
4 |
6 |
3 |
4 |
9 |
| Results
for people of different religions |
%
|
| | Catholic | Protestant | No religion |
| None |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| One |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Two |
23 |
53 |
48 |
| Three |
25 |
25 |
30 |
| Four |
34 |
14 |
11 |
| Five |
4 |
1 |
0 |
| Six or more |
5 |
1 |
1 |
| Don't know |
3 |
1 |
0 |
| Not answered |
5 |
4 |
8 |
|
