NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2002
Module:Women in Politics
Variable:FEWWOM5

And do you agree or disagree with the following explanations of why there are so few women in politics?
Women put their families above a career in politics.

	%
Strongly agree	13
Agree	58
Neither agree nor disagree	13
Disagree	12
Strongly disagree	1
(Don't know)	3

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Strongly agree	11	15
Agree	60	55
Neither agree nor disagree	12	14
Disagree	13	12
Strongly disagree	1	1
(Don't know)	3	3

Results for people of different ages

%

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

Strongly agree 6 17 16 10 14 15
Agree 54 49 57 59 61 62
Neither agree nor disagree 20 17 13 12 9 11
Disagree 16 12 13 13 13 8
Strongly disagree 0 1 1 2 0 0
(Don't know) 3 3 1 4 3 4

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Strongly agree 11 15 12
Agree 59 58 50
Neither agree nor disagree 13 13 17
Disagree 14 10 17
Strongly disagree 2 0 0
(Don't know) 2 4 5

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