NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2003
Module:Attitudes_to_Older_People
Variable:JOBSEC

Suppose two people who are both equally well qualified apply for a job as a secretary. One is a 52 year old married woman and the other is a married woman of 24. If you were the employer would you want to offer the job to the older woman or to the younger woman?

	%
Would want to offer it to the older woman	40
Would want to offer it to the younger woman	27
(it depends)	27
Other (please specify)	0
(don't know)	6

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Would want to offer it to the older woman	37	44
Would want to offer it to the younger woman	30	25
(it depends)	28	26
Other (please specify)	0	0
(don't know)	6	5

Results for people of different ages

%

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

Would want to offer it to the older woman 22 34 45 50 46 0
Would want to offer it to the younger woman 46 34 22 16 27 0
(it depends) 22 29 28 30 23 0
Other (please specify) 0 0 0 1 0 0
(don't know) 11 4 6 4 4 0

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Would want to offer it to the older woman 36 43 45
Would want to offer it to the younger woman 31 24 28
(it depends) 27 27 24
Other (please specify) 0 0 0
(don't know) 6 6 4

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