NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2002
Module:Background
Variable:ECNACTS

If living partner ...

Which of these descriptions applies to what your husband/wife/partner was doing last week, that is in the seven days ending last Sunday?

	%
Working full-time	47
Working part-time	13
Not working (seeking work)	5
Retired	19
In full-time education	0
Looking after the home	11
Permanently sick or disabled	3
Not working (and not seeking work)	2
Caring for elderly or disabled person full-time	1
Other (specify)	0

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Working full-time	25	67
Working part-time	23	3
Not working (seeking work)	5	5
Retired	20	18
In full-time education	1	0
Looking after the home	21	1
Permanently sick or disabled	2	5
Not working (and not seeking work)	4	1
Caring for elderly or disabled person full-time	0	1
Other (specify)	0	0

Results for people of different ages
* indicates that the number of people in this category is
too small to allow percentages to be calculated.

%

18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+

Working full-time * 56 62 62 34 6
Working part-time * 15 16 15 12 1
Not working (seeking work) * 11 4 6 4 0
Retired 0 0 0 5 25 79
In full-time education 0 0 0 0 1 0
Looking after the home * 12 11 7 14 10
Permanently sick or disabled 0 2 2 3 8 1
Not working (and not seeking work) 0 3 2 2 3 3
Caring for elderly or disabled person full-time 0 0 1 0 1 0
Other (specify) 0 2 0 0 0 0

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Working full-time 46 48 46
Working part-time 11 13 17
Not working (seeking work) 5 4 8
Retired 15 22 18
In full-time education 1 0 0
Looking after the home 13 9 9
Permanently sick or disabled 5 2 2
Not working (and not seeking work) 3 2 0
Caring for elderly or disabled person full-time 0 1 1
Other (specify) 0 0 0

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