If married or living as married ...
Which of these descriptions applies best to your spouse or partner?

	%
Working full-time	55
Working part-time	14
Not working (seeking work)	1
Retired	21
In a Government Training Scheme	0
In full-time education	1
Looking after the home	2
Permanently sick or disabled	3
Not working (and not seeking work)	0
Caring for older or disabled person full-time	1
Other answer	1
I don't know	0

 

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Working full-time	42	71
Working part-time	22	4
Not working (seeking work)	2	1
Retired	24	17
In a government training scheme	0	0
In full-time education	1	0
Looking after the home	4	0
Permanently sick or disabled	3	4
Not working (and not seeking work)	0	0
Caring for older or disabled person full-time	2	1
Other answer	1	0
I don't know	0	1

 

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Results for people of different ages

* indicates that the number of people in this category is
too small to allow percentages to be calculated.
Graphs not available for this table.

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Working full-time	*	84	75	69	41	9
Working part-time	*	8	14	17	20	9
Not working (seeking work)	0	3	0	4	0	0
Retired	0	0	0	2	25	75
In a government training scheme	0	1	0	0	0	0
In full-time education	0	1	1	1	0	0
Looking after the home	0	0	5	2	3	1
Permanently sick or disabled	0	2	3	2	7	3
Not working (and not seeking work)	0	0	1	0	0	0
Caring for older or disabled person full-time	0	0	1	1	2	1
Other answer	0	0	0	1	1	1
I don't know	*	0	0	1	0	0

 

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Results for people of different religions

	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
Working full-time	57	49	61
Working part-time	13	14	13
Not working (seeking work)	2	1	1
Retired	18	27	17
In a government training scheme	0	0	1
In full-time education	0	0	1
Looking after the home	3	3	1
Permanently sick or disabled	4	3	3
Not working (and not seeking work)	0	0	0
Caring for older or disabled person full-time	1	2	1
Other answer	1	1	1
I don't know	1	0	0

 

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