NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2010
Module:Social Care for Older People
Variable:BASICPC

Here are some of the different ways that residential care might be paid for in the future. How fair are each of these?
Everybody gets a basic level of care from the government but has to pay the rest themselves even if it means selling their home or taking out an insurance policy for care expenses.

	%
Very fair	3
Quite fair	21
Neither fair nor unfair	10
Quite unfair	32
Very unfair	34
Don't know	1

Go to results for men and women, people of different ages and people of different religions.
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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Very fair	2	3
Quite fair	22	20
Neither fair nor unfair	12	9
Quite unfair	28	35
Very unfair	36	32
Don't know	0	1

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Very fair	0	4	3	4	2	1
Quite fair	16	25	19	24	19	20
Neither fair nor unfair	15	7	10	9	15	9
Quite unfair	42	32	32	32	28	30
Very unfair	27	31	35	31	34	40
Don't know	0	1	1	0	1	0

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Very fair 2 3 3
Quite fair 21 21 22
Neither fair nor unfair 8 10 20
Quite unfair 30 32 31
Very unfair 38 34 23
Don't know 1 0 1

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