NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2002
Module:Women in Politics
Variable:FEWWOM1

And do you agree or disagree with the following explanations of why there are so few women in politics?
In general, there is discrimination against women in public life.

	%
Strongly agree	9
Agree	43
Neither agree nor disagree	16
Disagree	22
Strongly disagree	3
(Don't know)	7

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Strongly agree	5	11
Agree	43	44
Neither agree nor disagree	16	16
Disagree	27	18
Strongly disagree	4	2
(Don't know)	5	9

Results for people of different ages

%

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

Strongly agree 7 8 8 11 11 7
Agree 38 41 46 48 42 42
Neither agree nor disagree 26 14 17 13 16 15
Disagree 14 26 21 20 25 23
Strongly disagree 3 3 3 3 1 4
(Don't know) 11 9 6 5 6 10

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Strongly agree 9 8 13
Agree 51 38 43
Neither agree nor disagree 15 18 15
Disagree 16 27 18
Strongly disagree 4 2 1
(Don't know) 6 7 11

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