The Press
Your View on Peter Ellis
A Press Community Issues Survey
The
Press commissioned Opinions Market Research Ltd to survey community views on
the Peter Ellis debate. A telephone survey of 400
Do you feel
there should be or should not be a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Peter
Ellis Case?
|
|
% |
|
Should
be |
68 |
|
Should
not be |
17 |
|
Don’t
know |
16 |
|
Base:
Total Sample |
600 |
With the information and discussions in the media lately, do you feel doubts
are now raised or not raised about the conviction?”
|
|
% |
|
Doubts
raised |
76 |
|
Doubts
not raised |
10 |
|
Don’t
know |
15 |
|
Base:
Total Sample |
600 |
Do you feel the Government has handled the calls for a Commission of Inquiry
into the Peter Ellis case well or not well?
|
|
% |
|
Well |
12 |
|
Not
well |
63 |
|
Don’t
know |
26 |
|
Base:
Total Sample |
600 |
The following tables show the key
responses from males and females and different age groups to the three
questions:
|
|
Male
|
Female
|
|
|
|
|
|
Should
be an inquiry |
66 |
69 |
|
Should
not be an inquiry |
20 |
13 |
|
Don’t
know |
15 |
17 |
|
|
|
|
|
Doubts
now raised over conviction |
75 |
76 |
|
Doubts
not raised |
10 |
9 |
|
Don’t
know |
14 |
15 |
|
|
|
|
|
Government
handled calls for inquiry well |
15 |
8 |
|
Government
not handled calls for inquiry well |
64 |
61 |
|
Don’t
know |
20 |
31 |
|
|
|
|
|
Base:
Total Sample |
288 |
312 |
|
|
21-29
years |
30-59
years |
60+
years |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Should
be an inquiry |
63 |
68 |
68 |
|
Should
not be an inquiry |
13 |
17 |
18 |
|
Don’t
know |
24 |
15 |
14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Doubts
now raised over conviction |
70 |
77 |
74 |
|
Doubts
not raised |
8 |
9 |
12 |
|
Don’t
know |
23 |
13 |
14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Government
handled calls for inquiry well |
10 |
11 |
14 |
|
Government
not handled calls for inquiry well |
54 |
64 |
64 |
|
Don’t
know |
37 |
25 |
22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Base:
Total Sample |
93 |
355 |
152 |
Responses were also similar between
Christchurch residents and those living in other parts of Canterbury
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Should
be an inquiry |
66 |
72 |
|
Should
not be an inquiry |
18 |
14 |
|
Don’t
know |
17 |
15 |
|
|
|
|
|
Doubts
now raised over conviction |
75 |
77 |
|
Doubts
not raised |
11 |
8 |
|
Don’t
know |
15 |
16 |
|
|
|
|
|
Government
handled calls for inquiry well |
11 |
12 |
|
Government
not handled calls for inquiry well |
63 |
62 |
|
Don’t
know |
26 |
27 |
|
|
|
|
|
Base:
Total Sample |
400 |
200 |
Those interviewed were:
|
|
% |
|
|
|
|
Male |
48 |
|
Female |
52 |
|
|
|
|
Age
21-29 |
16 |
|
Age
30-39 |
22 |
|
Age
40-49 |
21 |
|
Age
60-59 |
16 |
|
Age
60-69 |
11 |
|
Age
70+ |
15 |
|
|
|
|
Paid
employment |
64 |
|
Not
in paid employment |
36 |
|
|
|
|
Professional/managerial/clerical |
25 |
|
Skilled
manual |
14 |
|
Semi-skilled
manual |
24 |
|
Beneficiary |
3 |
|
Retired/not
working |
30 |
|
Student |
4 |
|
|
|
|
The
margin of error is plus/minus |
4 |