NI Life and Times Survey - 2003: RETPDEMP

Year: 2003
Module:Attitudes_to_Older_People
Variable:RETPDEMP

Do you think that people over the state retirement age should be encouraged to stay in paid employment, discouraged from staying in paid employment, or neither?

	%
Encouraged	34
Discouraged	19
Neither	43
(don't know)	5

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Encouraged	31	36
Discouraged	19	18
Neither	45	41
(don't know)	5	5

Results for people of different ages

%

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

Encouraged 23 28 30 41 35 42
Discouraged 22 16 17 16 20 21
Neither 43 48 51 40 42 34
(don't know) 12 7 3 3 3 4

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Encouraged 33 34 35
Discouraged 23 17 12
Neither 40 45 44
(don't know) 5 4 9

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