EQLS 2007 Survey Results

Q25_1 In your opinion, how much tension is there between poor and rich people in this country?

Gender

Q25_1 In your opinion, how much tension is there between poor and rich people in this country?
		A lot of tension	Some tension	No tension	Don't know	N=
AT (Austria)	Male	19.2	61.6	14.5	4.6	472
	Female	18.2	57.5	19.6	4.8	571
	Both	18.7	59.4	17.2	4.7	1043
BE (Belgium)	Male	17.9	59.1	19.9	3.1	468
	Female	27.4	54.9	14.5	3.1	542
	Both	22.8	56.9	17.1	3.1	1010
BG (Bulgaria)	Male	21.7	47.2	18.9	12.3	442
	Female	24.6	45.7	16.5	13.2	588
	Both	23.2	46.4	17.7	12.8	1030
CY (Cyprus)	Male	10	47.8	39.9	2.3	433
	Female	12.3	51.8	28.1	7.8	570
	Both	11.2	49.9	33.8	5.2	1003
CZ (Czech Republic)	Male	38.2	50	9.3	2.5	465
	Female	40	46.6	11.7	1.7	762
	Both	39.1	48.2	10.5	2.1	1227
DE (Germany)	Male	34.3	51	12.7	2	917
	Female	35.7	50.8	11	2.4	1091
	Both	35.1	50.9	11.8	2.2	2008
DK (Denmark)	Male	4	40.7	53.3	1.9	449
	Female	4.2	49	44.6	2.2	555
	Both	4.1	44.9	48.9	2.1	1004
EE (Estonia)	Male	25.4	62	8.4	4.2	405
	Female	33	58.5	5.2	3.3	618
	Both	29.6	60.1	6.7	3.7	1023
GR (Greece)	Male	38.7	41.3	18	2	436
	Female	32.8	39.3	26	1.9	564
	Both	35.7	40.3	22.1	1.9	1000
ES (Spain)	Male	23.8	53.9	19.5	2.8	499
	Female	22.6	50.3	21.7	5.3	516
	Both	23.2	52.1	20.6	4.1	1015
FI (Finland)	Male	13.1	72.8	13.2	0.9	464
	Female	13.1	76.2	9.8	0.9	538
	Both	13.1	74.6	11.4	0.9	1002
FR (France)	Male	34.9	53.8	9.1	2.1	634
	Female	47.9	41.1	6.9	4.1	903
	Both	41.7	47.2	8	3.2	1537
HR (Croatia)	Male	50.5	39.7	8.3	1.5	388
	Female	54.3	38.4	5.8	1.5	612
	Both	52.5	39	7	1.5	1000
HU (Hungary)	Male	67.4	26.4	5.3	0.9	387
	Female	72.8	23.1	2.7	1.4	613
	Both	70.3	24.7	3.9	1.1	1000
IE (Ireland)	Male	15.4	58.9	20	5.7	401
	Female	17.4	56	18.1	8.5	599
	Both	16.4	57.4	19	7.1	1000
IT (Italy)	Male	27.4	56.1	14.2	2.3	537
	Female	27.8	49.2	19.3	3.7	979
	Both	27.6	52.5	16.9	3	1516
LT (Lithuania)	Male	42.3	48.7	6.7	2.3	378
	Female	48.6	43.3	4.8	3.3	626
	Both	45.8	45.8	5.6	2.8	1004
LU (Luxembourg)	Male	25.2	52.2	19.1	3.4	427
	Female	34.9	46.2	12.9	6	577
	Both	30.2	49.1	15.9	4.7	1004
LV (Latvia)	Male	28.4	52.8	13.1	5.8	383
	Female	32.1	49.3	11.8	6.8	619
	Both	30.4	50.8	12.4	6.3	1002
MK (FYR of Macedonia)	Male	55.2	35	7.2	2.5	482
	Female	58.4	28.9	7.2	5.5	526
	Both	56.8	31.9	7.2	4	1008
MT (Malta)	Male	10.1	46.2	35.5	8.3	501
	Female	14.8	45	28.2	12.1	499
	Both	12.5	45.6	31.8	10.2	1000
NL (Netherlands)	Male	9.7	68.7	20.7	0.9	481
	Female	14.7	70.9	12.9	1.5	530
	Both	12.2	69.8	16.7	1.2	1011
NO (Norway)	Male	14.2	76.7	9	0.1	467
	Female	25.7	67	5.2	2	533
	Both	20	71.8	7.1	1.1	1000
PL (Poland)	Male	29.8	56.1	8.9	5.3	608
	Female	33.6	48.7	10.9	6.8	892
	Both	31.8	52.2	10	6.1	1500
PT (Portugal)	Male	21.4	51.9	21	5.8	477
	Female	22.6	52	19.8	5.6	523
	Both	22	52	20.3	5.7	1000
RO (Romania)	Male	33.2	45.3	16.3	5.3	473
	Female	34.8	42.5	13	9.7	527
	Both	34	43.8	14.6	7.5	1000
SE (Sweden)	Male	8.2	72.2	17.2	2.3	495
	Female	14	76.1	7.6	2.3	522
	Both	11.1	74.2	12.4	2.3	1017
SI (Slovenia)	Male	29.5	59.7	9.4	1.5	428
	Female	38.1	54.5	4.9	2.5	607
	Both	33.9	57	7	2	1035
SK (Slovakia)	Male	28.9	59.7	9.3	2.1	439
	Female	31	53.8	12.5	2.7	689
	Both	30	56.6	11	2.4	1128
TR (Turkey)	Male	32.1	46.5	17.3	4.1	878
	Female	32.3	43.4	15.2	9.1	1122
	Both	32.2	45	16.3	6.6	2000
UK (United Kingdom)	Male	14	65.5	17.8	2.7	648
	Female	17.7	63	14.4	4.9	859
	Both	15.9	64.2	16	3.9	1507
CC3	Male	34.1	45.7	16.3	3.9	1748
	Female	34.8	42.6	14.2	8.4	2260
	Both	34.5	44.1	15.3	6.1	4008
EU 15	Male	25.6	56.4	15.6	2.4	7805
	Female	28.9	52.6	14.9	3.7	9869
	Both	27.3	54.4	15.2	3.1	17674
NMS12	Male	34.3	49.6	11.3	4.8	5342
	Female	37.8	44.8	10.9	6.4	7610
	Both	36.1	47.1	11.1	5.6	12952
EU 27	Male	27.4	55	14.7	2.9	13147
	Female	30.8	50.9	14	4.3	17479
	Both	29.2	52.8	14.4	3.6	30626

Age

Q25_1 In your opinion, how much tension is there between poor and rich people in this country?
		A lot of tension	Some tension	No tension	Don't know	N=
AT (Austria)	18-34	20.7	59.2	17	3.1	309
	35-49	13.6	65.7	17	3.7	350
	50-64	21.4	55.6	14.7	8.3	230
	65+	20.5	54.3	21	4.1	154
BE (Belgium)	18-34	21.6	61.8	14.1	2.5	210
	35-49	25.5	55.4	15.6	3.4	317
	50-64	23.8	58.5	15.3	2.4	262
	65+	19.8	51.1	24.8	4.3	221
BG (Bulgaria)	18-34	21.1	40.2	22.3	16.4	235
	35-49	20.8	54.3	17.4	7.5	236
	50-64	27.7	43.1	17.5	11.7	305
	65+	23.9	49.4	11.5	15.1	254
CY (Cyprus)	18-34	10.9	53.4	31	4.7	205
	35-49	13.6	49.2	34.5	2.7	223
	50-64	9.4	50	36.7	3.8	322
	65+	10	43.7	34.2	12.1	253
CZ (Czech Republic)	18-34	41.3	43.4	13.9	1.4	298
	35-49	32.2	55.9	9.5	2.5	332
	50-64	39.3	50	8.3	2.4	399
	65+	45.2	43.5	8.9	2.3	198
DE (Germany)	18-34	40.1	47.9	10.9	1.1	431
	35-49	37.5	51.1	9.7	1.8	595
	50-64	33.1	54.4	10.5	2	453
	65+	28.5	50.5	16.9	4.2	529
DK (Denmark)	18-34	5.8	42	50.2	2	183
	35-49	4.3	40.4	55	0.3	257
	50-64	3.9	48.1	44	4	289
	65+	1.9	51.1	44.7	2.3	275
EE (Estonia)	18-34	23.2	68.4	6	2.4	235
	35-49	31.3	59.4	5.3	4	202
	50-64	33.8	56.8	7.2	2.2	253
	65+	32.5	51.9	8.7	6.9	333
GR (Greece)	18-34	34.5	46.1	17.6	1.8	289
	35-49	38.4	41.6	18.5	1.6	260
	50-64	34.9	38.8	25.9	0.3	187
	65+	34.8	31	29.9	4.3	264
ES (Spain)	18-34	25.9	50.8	19.5	3.9	286
	35-49	18.1	53.9	26.3	1.7	275
	50-64	31.9	53.3	12.8	1.9	194
	65+	17.6	50.2	22.3	9.9	260
FI (Finland)	18-34	10.8	79.1	9.7	0.4	183
	35-49	13.6	72.5	13.9	0.0	232
	50-64	14.9	74.2	9.7	1.3	324
	65+	13.1	72.1	12.9	1.9	263
FR (France)	18-34	45.9	47	5.3	1.8	353
	35-49	45.1	44.6	8.5	1.9	416
	50-64	43.6	45.5	6.4	4.5	401
	65+	29.6	52.8	12.5	5.1	367
HR (Croatia)	18-34	46.6	43.5	7.3	2.5	245
	35-49	56.3	35.5	8.2	0.0	229
	50-64	56	38.9	4.9	0.2	266
	65+	51.9	37.5	7.2	3.4	260
HU (Hungary)	18-34	71.5	24.6	3.8	0.0	241
	35-49	69.6	26.2	3.6	0.6	234
	50-64	70.9	23	4.6	1.5	264
	65+	68.5	24.6	3.5	3.4	261
IE (Ireland)	18-34	17.7	60.9	15	6.4	288
	35-49	16.3	56.3	20.2	7.1	305
	50-64	17.9	53.9	23	5.2	239
	65+	11.3	55.9	21.2	11.7	168
IT (Italy)	18-34	26.2	51.4	19.3	3.1	388
	35-49	24.9	55.8	15.7	3.7	600
	50-64	26	56.7	15	2.4	347
	65+	34.4	45.9	17	2.8	181
LT (Lithuania)	18-34	38.4	54.4	5.5	1.7	228
	35-49	49.5	44.3	4.3	1.9	238
	50-64	53.7	38	6.9	1.4	228
	65+	43.5	42.4	6.3	7.8	310
LU (Luxembourg)	18-34	30.2	49.4	16.6	3.8	176
	35-49	32.3	48.6	15.1	4	339
	50-64	29.1	47.9	17.4	5.6	266
	65+	27.6	51.1	14.8	6.5	223
LV (Latvia)	18-34	27.5	54.7	14	3.8	326
	35-49	39.5	47.3	9.1	4.2	297
	50-64	28	57.3	10	4.8	187
	65+	26	43	16.8	14.3	192
MK (FYR of Macedonia)	18-34	48.9	36.8	9.8	4.4	290
	35-49	56.9	30.6	8.6	3.9	297
	50-64	65.7	25.9	3.9	4.5	246
	65+	62.2	32	3.1	2.7	175
MT (Malta)	18-34	11.1	54.4	27.7	6.8	258
	35-49	16.3	41	34.5	8.2	243
	50-64	12.9	47.8	30.9	8.4	300
	65+	8.5	32.9	36.6	22.1	199
NL (Netherlands)	18-34	13.2	57.8	29	0.0	138
	35-49	11.9	75	12.6	0.5	345
	50-64	11.5	75.7	11.4	1.4	321
	65+	12.3	71.2	12.5	4	207
NO (Norway)	18-34	22.6	68.5	8.2	0.7	202
	35-49	22.4	72.9	4.6	0.2	295
	50-64	17.6	73.1	8	1.2	276
	65+	15.9	73.4	7.9	2.8	227
PL (Poland)	18-34	33	53.2	9.1	4.8	392
	35-49	32.5	54.7	7.9	4.9	383
	50-64	32.8	49.7	11.8	5.7	421
	65+	26.8	50	12.2	11	304
PT (Portugal)	18-34	23	50.2	23	3.9	280
	35-49	19.2	63.8	13.8	3.2	270
	50-64	24.8	48.1	22	5.1	247
	65+	21.3	43.6	22.9	12.2	203
RO (Romania)	18-34	39	45.6	9.7	5.6	254
	35-49	33.9	42.6	18.5	5	276
	50-64	29.7	47.1	16.7	6.6	273
	65+	30.5	38.6	15.2	15.7	197
SE (Sweden)	18-34	13.3	75.7	9.2	1.7	152
	35-49	10.2	71.2	16.2	2.3	288
	50-64	12.8	73.1	13.4	0.7	334
	65+	7.7	77.1	10.4	4.8	243
SI (Slovenia)	18-34	29.5	61.5	7.3	1.7	277
	35-49	33.6	58.3	6.9	1.3	203
	50-64	38.2	51.1	7.7	2.9	275
	65+	36.1	55.4	6	2.5	280
SK (Slovakia)	18-34	29.7	58.7	9.3	2.3	258
	35-49	31.4	57.4	10.2	1.1	294
	50-64	29.4	55	12.4	3.2	361
	65+	28.8	52.6	14.4	4.2	215
TR (Turkey)	18-34	33.8	47.5	14.3	4.4	919
	35-49	37	44.9	12.4	5.7	588
	50-64	26.8	43.2	21.3	8.7	317
	65+	17.7	34.8	30.5	17.1	176
UK (United Kingdom)	18-34	13.5	67.4	15.4	3.6	330
	35-49	20.3	65.6	10.8	3.3	376
	50-64	17.9	65.4	15.1	1.6	358
	65+	11.4	56.2	24.9	7.4	443
CC3	18-34	34.8	47	13.8	4.3	1454
	35-49	39	43.8	12	5.3	1114
	50-64	31.5	42	18.8	7.7	829
	65+	24.7	35	25.8	14.4	611
EU 15	18-34	28.4	53.9	15.2	2.5	3996
	35-49	27.9	55.4	14.3	2.4	5225
	50-64	28.3	56.1	13.1	2.6	4452
	65+	23.8	51.9	18.8	5.4	4001
NMS12	18-34	37.2	47.8	10.3	4.7	3207
	35-49	36	49.1	10.8	4	3161
	50-64	36.4	46.3	12.1	5.3	3588
	65+	34.1	44	11.7	10.3	2996
EU 27	18-34	30.6	52.4	14	3	7203
	35-49	29.5	54.2	13.6	2.7	8386
	50-64	30	53.9	12.9	3.1	8040
	65+	25.7	50.5	17.5	6.3	6997

Income

Q25_1 In your opinion, how much tension is there between poor and rich people in this country?
		A lot of tension	Some tension	No tension	Don't know	N=
AT (Austria)	Lowest	23.3	58.9	16.7	1.1	144
	Low	11.5	58.5	22.1	7.9	142
	High	18.3	61	14.7	6	139
	Highest	15.1	67.7	16.5	0.8	147
BE (Belgium)	Lowest	28	51.7	17.3	3.1	185
	Low	28.4	49.9	19.9	1.8	183
	High	22.9	61.1	13.7	2.3	183
	Highest	18.6	59.5	18.2	3.7	184
BG (Bulgaria)	Lowest	33.7	47.7	8.7	9.8	185
	Low	24.9	51.2	13	10.9	186
	High	21.9	52.9	14	11.2	189
	Highest	12.5	46.8	28.5	12.2	186
CY (Cyprus)	Lowest	11.7	51.3	27.6	9.5	185
	Low	7.6	53.7	34.3	4.5	190
	High	9.1	49.3	38.5	3.1	214
	Highest	10.8	48.2	38.8	2.2	179
CZ (Czech Republic)	Lowest	50.4	37.4	8	4.2	200
	Low	45.7	43.5	10	0.8	194
	High	35.1	53.7	10.4	0.8	191
	Highest	31.9	52.6	15.2	0.2	202
DE (Germany)	Lowest	47.2	42.3	8.8	1.7	358
	Low	31.2	56.6	9.7	2.5	344
	High	36	51.1	10.1	2.8	375
	Highest	32.9	56.1	9.9	1.1	360
DK (Denmark)	Lowest	4.4	52.5	41.5	1.6	210
	Low	5.2	43.2	51.1	0.6	195
	High	4	41.4	53.9	0.7	206
	Highest	3.9	45.1	50.8	0.2	200
EE (Estonia)	Lowest	27.5	63.8	5.4	3.3	212
	Low	33.1	55.2	7.8	3.9	209
	High	30	62.5	4.5	3.1	210
	Highest	29.8	62.8	5.8	1.6	210
GR (Greece)	Lowest	39.2	35.8	23.7	1.3	185
	Low	43	36.9	18.4	1.7	176
	High	33.3	39.2	26.6	0.9	184
	Highest	23.1	55.5	20.3	1.1	181
ES (Spain)	Lowest	19.9	46.4	26.5	7.2	126
	Low	27.1	49.4	21	2.5	125
	High	26.4	53.6	19.5	0.6	128
	Highest	9.4	63.1	23.4	4	127
FI (Finland)	Lowest	17.9	71.9	9.2	1	201
	Low	14.3	73.2	10.9	1.6	200
	High	8.2	81.2	10.5	0.0	185
	Highest	10.8	75.9	12.6	0.7	216
FR (France)	Lowest	44	42.9	10.1	2.9	293
	Low	43	46.6	7.3	3.1	293
	High	38	52	8.4	1.6	294
	Highest	46.4	45.3	6.5	1.8	293
HR (Croatia)	Lowest	55.9	34.6	7.2	2.3	214
	Low	57.1	34.3	6.4	2.1	212
	High	53.5	38.9	6.9	0.7	214
	Highest	44	45.5	8.8	1.7	213
HU (Hungary)	Lowest	78.5	16.9	2.8	1.8	172
	Low	70.2	24.4	4.7	0.7	201
	High	71.6	21.5	6	0.9	186
	Highest	66.9	27.4	4.8	0.8	183
IE (Ireland)	Lowest	26.4	58.1	11.9	3.6	118
	Low	12.3	57.4	17.9	12.4	119
	High	10.8	59.5	26.3	3.4	121
	Highest	20.3	53.6	18.9	7.2	117
IT (Italy)	Lowest	25.2	55.3	18.2	1.3	125
	Low	35.6	53.1	10.7	0.7	123
	High	22.3	63.6	13.2	1	130
	Highest	28.1	59.8	10.3	1.8	120
LT (Lithuania)	Lowest	47.6	42.2	6.4	3.8	218
	Low	45	42.5	9.8	2.8	217
	High	42.5	50.7	4.2	2.6	219
	Highest	45.5	46.3	5.4	2.9	218
LU (Luxembourg)	Lowest	29.6	49.9	16.2	4.3	142
	Low	29.9	48.1	14.4	7.6	141
	High	30.9	44.7	19.9	4.5	140
	Highest	17.5	54.3	24.9	3.4	144
LV (Latvia)	Lowest	42.3	39.8	11.8	6.1	179
	Low	30.8	49	13.7	6.5	182
	High	22.1	60.6	10.4	6.9	176
	Highest	23.7	59.8	12.1	4.4	180
MK (FYR of Macedonia)	Lowest	62.5	25.6	9.1	2.8	219
	Low	61.4	30.2	5.1	3.4	221
	High	55.4	33.8	6.3	4.4	221
	Highest	57.7	30.9	7.2	4.2	218
MT (Malta)	Lowest	13.8	44.4	29.3	12.6	153
	Low	13.5	44.5	33.8	8.2	152
	High	10.8	43	37.7	8.5	153
	Highest	7.7	53.6	33.9	4.8	154
NL (Netherlands)	Lowest	13.8	76.8	6.5	3	201
	Low	12.5	67.8	18.6	1.2	201
	High	10.4	68	20.8	0.8	204
	Highest	10.5	67.8	21.7	0.0	199
NO (Norway)	Lowest	26.8	65.7	6.9	0.6	214
	Low	20.2	71.9	7.4	0.5	220
	High	19.1	72.7	7.1	1.1	225
	Highest	13.7	78.1	7.7	0.6	213
PL (Poland)	Lowest	37.4	48.2	10.5	3.9	263
	Low	31.7	52.2	11.3	4.8	276
	High	28	56.9	9.6	5.5	259
	Highest	33.6	53	9.9	3.4	267
PT (Portugal)	Lowest	25	44	24.9	6.1	106
	Low	30.4	35.1	26.2	8.3	104
	High	30	50.6	17	2.5	104
	Highest	20	63.3	14.9	1.8	105
RO (Romania)	Lowest	48.2	34.2	7.3	10.2	194
	Low	31.8	44.5	14	9.7	194
	High	27.7	51.6	15.2	5.5	190
	Highest	31.8	43.9	19.2	5.2	198
SE (Sweden)	Lowest	14.8	72	9.8	3.5	236
	Low	10.1	69.2	18.8	2	235
	High	10.8	78.1	9.4	1.6	244
	Highest	8	74.6	15.3	2.1	227
SI (Slovenia)	Lowest	40.8	54.2	3.4	1.6	187
	Low	39.8	54.7	4.9	0.6	169
	High	32.7	59.5	7.5	0.3	175
	Highest	21.8	66.9	10.1	1.2	182
SK (Slovakia)	Lowest	29.7	61.5	7.2	1.6	192
	Low	36.1	50.7	10.2	3	193
	High	30.1	58.4	9.9	1.7	191
	Highest	28.6	60.3	9	2.1	194
TR (Turkey)	Lowest	43.9	37.3	11.2	7.5	403
	Low	35.6	40.5	16.5	7.4	400
	High	28	50.6	15.7	5.6	413
	Highest	24.3	55.5	15.6	4.6	391
UK (United Kingdom)	Lowest	22.8	57.2	17	3	205
	Low	19.3	60.5	16.2	4	203
	High	14.1	72.6	11.8	1.5	202
	Highest	13.1	70.9	15.5	0.5	209
CC3	Lowest	45.4	36.7	10.9	7	836
	Low	38	39.7	15.5	6.9	833
	High	31	49.1	14.7	5.2	848
	Highest	27.3	53.8	14.7	4.3	822
EU 15	Lowest	32.7	50	14.5	2.9	2835
	Low	29.3	54.1	13.9	2.7	2784
	High	27	57.7	13.6	1.8	2839
	Highest	25.5	59	13.9	1.5	2829
NMS12	Lowest	44.5	41.5	8.4	5.6	2340
	Low	36.9	46.5	11.3	5.4	2363
	High	33.2	51.3	10.9	4.6	2353
	Highest	34.1	48.6	13.5	3.8	2353
EU 27	Lowest	35.6	47.9	13	3.5	5175
	Low	31	52.3	13.3	3.3	5147
	High	28.4	56.2	12.9	2.4	5192
	Highest	27.7	56.3	13.8	2.1	5182

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