°Political opinions in Switzerland
		Political opinions in Switzerland, in %
		Development			Education				Age				Political Orientation
		1999	2006		low	intermediate	high		18–39 years	40–59 years	60+ years		left	center/none	right
Increase tax on high incomes		68.3	71.8		72.8	74.4	63.3		74.6	72.8	68.2		83.3	72.3	60.2
Same opportunities for Swiss citizens and foreigners		57.6	63.0		54.3	61.5	78.0		65.8	62.7	60.1		85.9	61.7	40.9
Against nuclear energy		65.5	61.1		70.5	59.8	54.4		64.0	63.7	51.7		75.8	58.3	46.2
Protection of the environment is more important		46.5	52.0		56.5	51.1	49.3		53.7	53.0	45.1		70.5	48.7	40.6
In favour of Switzerland joining the EU		59.4	38.2		31.3	36.7	50.8		36.2	39.1	42.4		61.0	38.0	18.7
In favour of increasing social security spending		43.5	41.9		42.9	40.3	45.1		41.4	46.2	35.0		65.9	37.6	24.7
For Switzerland without an army		29.3	34.7		28.7	33.7	45.0		43.6	37.7	18.3		64.5	30.9	16.2
	The government should take measures to reduce differences in income levels, in %
	Age				Education
	18–39 years	40–59 years	60+ years		low	intermediate	high
FR	83.5	81.2	83.6		87.8	81.3	74.6
ES	78.4	79.4	83.4		82.3	76.4	77.1
SE	59.5	71.1	71.7		74.0	65.0	56.5
CH	67.8	63.3	64.8		73.6	66.1	50.8
US	64.4	63.0	51.3		65.0	66.8	56.8
UK	56.3	62.6	62.4		64.7	48.8	53.7
DE	53.7	54.0	57.8		62.1	57.5	41.7
	When jobs are scarce, men have more right to job than women, in %
	Age				Education
	18–39 years	40–59 years	60+ years		low	intermediate	high
FR	18.4	23.8	48.3		40.8	21.6	9.3
ES	18.1	30.2	53.3		39.4	17.7	11.9
SE	3.5	5.2	20.5		14.5	3.5	3.6
CH	14.0	26.1	43.3		35.7	25.3	10.6
UK	11.5	22.9	51.5		32.5	11.2	13.7
DE	15.0	17.9	37.3		33.1	22.3	11.8