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

	%
Working full-time	52
Working part-time	15
Not working (seeking work)	1
Retired	22
In full-time education	0
Looking after the home	3
Permanently sick or disabled	4
Not working (and not seeking work)	1
Caring for older or disabled person full-time	0
Other answer	1
I don't know	0

 

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Working full-time	35	71
Working part-time	23	6
Not working (seeking work)	1	1
Retired	28	16
In full-time education	0	1
Looking after the home	5	0
Permanently sick or disabled	5	3
Not working (and not seeking work)	1	0
Caring for older or disabled person full-time	0	1
Other answer	0	1
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	*	81	78	68	41	5
Working part-time	0	14	12	22	23	8
Not working (seeking work)	*	3	0	1	0	0
Retired	0	0	1	1	21	76
In full-time education	*	0	0	0	0	0
Looking after the home	0	1	3	1	3	6
Permanently sick or disabled	0	1	2	5	9	4
Not working (and not seeking work)	0	0	2	0	2	0
Caring for older or disabled person full-time	0	0	1	1	0	0
Other answer	0	0	2	0	1	0
I don't know	0	0	1	1	0	0

 

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Results for people of different religions

	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
Working full-time	56	47	54
Working part-time	12	17	17
Not working (seeking work)	0	0	1
Retired	22	26	19
In full-time education	1	1	0
Looking after the home	2	3	3
Permanently sick or disabled	6	4	2
Not working (and not seeking work)	0	0	2
Caring for older or disabled person full-time	0	1	0
Other answer	0	1	1
I don't know	1	0	0

 

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