SOL: Northern Ireland Social Attitudes

Northern Ireland Social Attitudes - 1995

Year: 1995
Module: Welfare
Variable: MSTCHILD

Question: Now what about child benefit. Should very high earners be entitled to ?

Index to tables on this page

Overall Results	%
More child benefit than the very low earner	1
The same amount	56
Less	22
No child benefit at all	19
It depends	0
Other answers	0
Don't know	1

Table Index

Results for men and women	%
	Male	Female
More child benefit than the very low earner	1	1
The same amount	57	56
Less	22	23
No child benefit at all	19	19
It depends	0	0
Other answers	1	0
Don't know	0	1

Table Index

Results for people of different ages	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
More child benefit than the very low earner	0	1	1	3	0	2
The same amount	54	55	60	61	50	57
Less	27	24	23	19	25	18
No child benefit at all	19	20	15	17	24	19
It depends	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other answers	0	0	1	0	0	0
Don't know	0	0	0	0	2	3

Table Index

Results for people of different religions	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
More child benefit than the very low earner	2	1	3
The same amount	57	56	54
Less	26	22	15
No child benefit at all	15	20	27
It depends	0	0	0
Other answers	0	0	1
Don't know	0	1	0