NI Life and Times Survey - 2014: OPROB1

Year: 2014
Module: Attitudes to Older People
Variable: OPROB1 - OPROB11

What do you think are the main problems facing older people in Northern Ireland today?

This table shows the percentage of respondents identifying each problem.

	%
Making ends meet	60
Fear of crime	54
Loneliness	64
Isolation	46
Transport	19
Lack of respect	26
Keeping warm in winter	58
Getting employment	11
Access to healthcare	28
Access to suitable housing	16
Boredom	31
Elder abuse	14
All of these	12

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
Making ends meet	59	61
Fear of crime	51	57
Loneliness	60	68
Isolation	44	48
Transport	18	20
Lack of respect	23	28
Keeping warm in winter	55	60
Getting employment	12	10
Access to healthcare	26	30
Access to suitable housing	14	18
Boredom	30	33
Elder abuse	11	17
All of these	13	12

Results for people of different ages

%

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

Making ends meet 45 57 57 67 66 66
Fear of crime 52 51 47 57 60 57
Loneliness 59 59 62 72 72 61
Isolation 44 43 44 55 48 42
Transport 20 17 19 17 26 19
Lack of respect 19 25 27 35 25 23
Keeping warm in winter 45 58 56 59 65 61
Getting employment 13 18 11 13 9 5

Access to healthcare 20 23 28 37 29 30

Access to suitable housing 12 20 19 18 19 10

Boredom 28 35 30 33 41 24

Elder abuse 14 21 14 16 14 7

All of these 14 13 15 13 11 8

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Making ends meet 59 65 54
Fear of crime 52 56 55
Loneliness 67 63 64
Isolation 46 47 47
Transport 21 19 18
Lack of respect 25 27 25
Keeping warm in winter 58 61 54
Getting employment 11 7 20
Access to healthcare 27 31 26
Access to suitable housing 14 19 16
Boredom 31 31 33
Elder abuse 15 14 13
All of these 14 9 15

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