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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 1998

Variable Details

VariablePOLRLGPJ
LabelEQUALITY OF TREATMENT - POLICE
Question text For each of the next questions, please use this card to say whether you think Catholics are treated better than Protestants in Northern Ireland, or whether Protestants are treated better than Catholics or whether both are treated equally. c. And the police - how do they treat Catholic and Protestant members of the public?
Responses
1 CATHOLICS TREATED MUCH BETTER 12
2 CATHOLICS TREATED A BIT BETTER 46
3 BOTH TREATED EQUALLY 1025
4 PROTESTANTS TREATED A BIT BETTER 354
5 PROTESTANTS TREATED MUCH BETTER 146
8 IT DEPENDS/DONT KNOW 217
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 1998
Interviewer InstructionsREAD OUT EACH ITEM AND CODE ONE FOR EACH SHOWCARD
UniverseNorthern Irish adults;National;Adults aged 18 and over in Northern Ireland during 1998
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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