NI Life and Times Survey - 2008: EQNOW1

Year: 2008
Module: Community Relations
Variable: EQNOW1 - EQNOW10

Equality laws have been drawn up in Northern Ireland to make sure that everyone is treated equally. In your view, are any of the groups on this card generally treated unfairly when compared with other groups?

These tables show the percentage of respondents identifying each group.

	%
Catholics	5
Protestants	5
Gays/lesbians/bi-sexuals	33
Disabled	28
Elderly	25
Travellers	36
Other ethnic minorities	34
Women	5
Men	2
Children	4

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Catholics	7	4
Protestants	6	4
Gays/lesbians/bi-sexuals	31	35
Disabled	29	27
Elderly	27	24
Travellers	35	37
Other ethnic minorities	32	36
Women	5	4
Men	2	1
Children	4	3

Results for people of different ages

%

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

Catholics

7

5

4

8

6

4

Protestants

8

6

4

5

5

4

Gays/lesbians/bi-sexuals

39

43

29

32

38

23

Disabled

26

27

33

27

32

21

Elderly

20

28

33

27

23

18

Travellers

41

41

40

35

38

24

Other ethnic minorities

51

44

34

35

31

19

Women

8

7

5

6

2

2

Men
2

3

2

2

2

0

Children

13

3

3

3

3

1

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Catholics
7 4 6

Protestants
3 6 5

Gays/lesbians/bi-sexuals
42 28 34

Disabled
28 27 29

Elderly
24 26 27

Travellers
44 28 44

Other ethnic minorities
39 28 43

Women
5 4 8
Men 1 2 1

Children
4 3 5

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