NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2002
Module:Women in Politics
Variable:FEWWOM2

And do you agree or disagree with the following explanations of why there are so few women in politics?
Women don't come forward to be considered as candidates.

	%
Strongly agree	9
Agree	62
Neither agree nor disagree	12
Disagree	11
Strongly disagree	1
(Don't know)	5

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Strongly agree	10	9
Agree	60	63
Neither agree nor disagree	12	12
Disagree	12	10
Strongly disagree	1	1
(Don't know)	5	5

Results for people of different ages

%

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

Strongly agree 7 8 8 11 12 9
Agree 55 63 67 61 62 59
Neither agree nor disagree 15 14 11 11 11 12
Disagree 17 8 10 11 9 10
Strongly disagree 4 0 2 2 0 0
(Don't know) 3 6 2 4 5 9

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Strongly agree 7 10 11
Agree 64 61 56
Neither agree nor disagree 11 13 10
Disagree 11 10 14
Strongly disagree 2 0 3
(Don't know) 5 5 6

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