Did you know that figures from the 2015/16 Family Resource Survey indicate that 15% of pensioners were in absolute poverty (before housing costs), representing approximately 46,000 pensioners. Based on relative low income, 17% of pensioners were in poverty, representing approximately 52,000 pensioners. For more information, see Households Below Average Income: Northern Ireland 2015/16 on the […]
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Did you know that in 2013/14, people aged 65 or over were least likely than other age groups to have participated in sports or physical activities, arts activities, attended arts events, or visited national museums in the previous year? However, the proportion of older people taking part in these activities has risen since 2009/10. For […]
Did you know that data for 2013-2015 show that the healthy life expectancy at birth in Northern Ireland is 61.5 for males, and 62.0 for females? These figures are lower than those for the United Kingdom: 63.1 for males, and 63.9 for females. For more information, see the UK National Wellbeing Measures report on the […]
Did you know that in 2015/16 Northern Ireland Continous Household Survey, the highest life satisfaction scores were recorded by the youngest (16-25 and 25-34) and oldest (65+) age groups? However, people aged 65+ had the lowest locus of control (which is the degree to which someone feels they have control over events that shape their […]
Did you know that results from the 2015/16 Northern Ireland Crime Survey show that older respondents were least likely to be victims of violent crime than other age groups? Among respondents aged 60 years or over, the prevalence rate for violent crime was 0.4%, compared to 1.0% for those aged 30-59, and 3.7% for those […]
Did you know that among respondents to the 2014/15 Continuous Household Survey, 40% of those aged 70 years or over had access to the internet (home or work computer, digital television, mobile phone or other)? In 2010/11, the figure was only 24%. For more information on the lives of older people living in Northern Ireland, […]
Did you know that in 2015, 210 men aged 60 years or over got married, which is 2.5% of all men getting married? In that same year, 88 women aged 60 years or over got married, which is 1.1% of women getting married. The highest proportions of older people getting married were in North Down […]
Did you know that, among respondents to the 2015 Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey aged 65 years or over, 16% are carers? Of these, one quarter were caring for their own parent/parent in law. For more information, see The Impact of Caring (Research Update 109) by Paula Devine and Ann Marie Gray.
Did you know that, for households with a head of household aged 75 years or over, 74% are owned outright, 18% are within the social rented sector, and 5% are rented privately? Among all households in Northern Ireland, the figures are 55%, 15% and 19% respectively. These figures are taken from the 2014-2015 Family Resource […]
Did you know that in June 2016, the number of people aged 85 years and over in Northern Ireland was estimated to be 36,500? This represents 2.0% of the population, which is higher than the figure of 1.6% in mid 2006. For full information, see the report on the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency […]
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