NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2008
Module:Attitudes_to_Older_People
Variable:AGEOLD

Most of the questions that we have just asked about older people refer to people aged 50 and over, however some people have said that they don’t really think of people in their fifties as ‘older people’. At what age do you start to think of someone as an ‘older person’?

	%
35-49	1
50-54	2
55-59	2
60-64	21
65-69	24
70-74	33
75-79	8
80-84	7
85-89	1
90-94	1
95-99	0
Don't know	1

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
35-49	1	1
50-54	3	1
55-59	2	2
60-64	24	19
65-69	25	23
70-74	32	34
75-79	6	10
80-84	5	9
85-89	0	1
90-94	1	1
95-99	0	0
Don't know	1	1

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
35-49	9	0	1	0	0	0
50-54	4	2	2	2	2	2
55-59	3	3	3	2	2	0
60-64	27	34	18	21	15	17
65-69	26	27	28	24	23	17
70-74	27	24	34	39	38	30
75-79	3	5	6	7	9	13
80-84	1	4	5	4	10	14
85-89	0	0	1	1	0	1
90-94	0	0	1	1	1	4
95-99	0	0	0	0	0	0
Don't know	0	0	2	0	1	2

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

35-49 0 1 2
50-54 2 2 3
55-59 1 2 4
60-64 23 19 24
65-69 22 27 23
70-74 36 32 28
75-79 7 8 10
80-84 8 7 4
85-89 0 1 0
90-94 1 1 1
95-99 0 0 0
Don't know 1 1 1

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