NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2002
Module:Women in Politics
Variable:FEWWOM7

And do you agree or disagree with the following explanations of why there are so few women in politics?
Women don't have the right experience for politics.

	%
Strongly agree	2
Agree	21
Neither agree nor disagree	14
Disagree	47
Strongly disagree	11
(Don't know)	4

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Strongly agree	2	1
Agree	23	20
Neither agree nor disagree	14	14
Disagree	50	45
Strongly disagree	8	15
(Don't know)	4	5

Results for people of different ages

%

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

Strongly agree 1 1 2 1 1 3
Agree 9 19 19 20 27 29
Neither agree nor disagree 13 15 11 13 15 19
Disagree 49 52 54 49 46 35
Strongly disagree 24 13 12 12 8 6
(Don't know) 5 1 3 5 3 8

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Strongly agree 1 2 2
Agree 22 22 15
Neither agree nor disagree 13 16 15
Disagree 48 49 42
Strongly disagree 14 8 20
(Don't know) 3 4 6

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