NI Life and Times Survey - 2002: RECNTACT

Year: 2002
Module:Background
Variable:RECNTACT

Which of these descriptions applies to what you were doing last week, that is in the seven days ending last Sunday?

	%
Working full-time	35
Working part-time	14
Not working (seeking work)	5
On a government training scheme	0
Retired	23
In full-time education	5
Looking after the home	9
Permanently sick or disabled	5
Not working (and not seeking work)	3
Caring for elderly or disabled person full-time	1
Other (specify)	1

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Working full-time	52	22
Working part-time	4	22
Not working (seeking work)	7	4
On a government training scheme	0	0
Retired	25	21
In full-time education	4	5
Looking after the home	0	17
Permanently sick or disabled	6	4
Not working (and not seeking work)	1	4
Caring for elderly or disabled person full-time	0	1
Other (specify)	1	1

Results for people of different ages

%

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

Working full-time 35 56 54 46 22 2
Working part-time 11 14 21 21 13 1
Not working (seeking work) 12 10 5 7 3 0
On a government training scheme 0 0 0 0 0 0
Retired 0 0 1 2 33 88
In full-time education 34 5 0 0 0 0
Looking after the home 4 10 11 11 14 4
Permanently sick or disabled 3 1 4 7 12 2
Not working (and not seeking work) 1 2 3 5 1 3
Caring for elderly or disabled person full-time 0 1 0 1 1 0
Other (specify) 2 2 1 1 0 0

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Working full-time 34 34 46
Working part-time 13 15 12
Not working (seeking work) 8 4 5
On a government training scheme 0 0 0
Retired 20 27 12
In full-time education 5 3 11
Looking after the home 12 8 3
Permanently sick or disabled 5 5 6
Not working (and not seeking work) 3 2 2
Caring for elderly or disabled person full-time 0 0 3
Other (specify) 0 2 0

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