NI Life and Times Survey - 2003: RECNTACT

Year: 2003
Module:Background
Variable:RECNTACT

Which of these descriptions applies to what you were doing last week, that is in the seven days ending last Sunday?

	%
Working full-time	37
Working part-time	13
Not working (seeking work)	5
On a government training scheme	1
Retired	19
In full-time education	4
Looking after the home	9
Permanently sick or disabled	7
Not working (and not seeking work)	5
Caring for elderly or disabled person full-time	1
Other (specify)	1

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Working full-time	51	25
Working part-time	6	19
Not working (seeking work)	6	4
On a government training scheme	2	0
Retired	21	18
In full-time education	4	4
Looking after the home	1	16
Permanently sick or disabled	8	5
Not working (and not seeking work)	2	7
Caring for elderly or disabled person full-time	0	2
Other (specify)	1	1

Results for people of different ages

%

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

Working full-time 40 54 52 47 28 3
Working part-time 9 15 18 17 13 4
Not working (seeking work) 10 10 5 3 4 0
On a government training scheme 6 0 0 0 0 0
Retired 0 0 0 2 25 80
In full-time education 28 0 0 0 0 0
Looking after the home 4 15 13 11 6 6
Permanently sick or disabled 1 1 6 9 16 3
Not working (and not seeking work) 2 4 3 8 6 4
Caring for elderly or disabled person full-time 0 0 2 2 2 1
Other (specify) 0 1 1 1 1 0

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Working full-time 35 36 52
Working part-time 14 13 9
Not working (seeking work) 6 3 5
On a government training scheme 1 1 0
Retired 15 24 9
In full-time education 5 4 6
Looking after the home 9 9 7
Permanently sick or disabled 5 7 6
Not working (and not seeking work) 8 2 5
Caring for elderly or disabled person full-time 2 1 2
Other (specify) 0 1 1

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