NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2002
Module:Women in Politics
Variable:FEWWOM4

And do you agree or disagree with the following explanations of why there are so few women in politics?
Political parties don't give women the opportunity to enter politics.

	%
Strongly agree	8
Agree	42
Neither agree nor disagree	16
Disagree	20
Strongly disagree	2
(Don't know)	13

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Strongly agree	6	9
Agree	41	43
Neither agree nor disagree	15	16
Disagree	24	18
Strongly disagree	2	1
(Don't know)	13	13

Results for people of different ages

%

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

Strongly agree 5 8 8 8 9 8
Agree 37 33 43 52 39 42
Neither agree nor disagree 19 16 15 14 19 14
Disagree 22 25 21 16 20 20
Strongly disagree 1 1 2 2 1 2
(Don't know) 17 17 12 8 13 14

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Strongly agree 8 7 10
Agree 49 36 38
Neither agree nor disagree 15 17 14
Disagree 17 23 16
Strongly disagree 2 1 1
(Don't know) 9 15 21

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