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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1990

Year: 1990

Module: Economic_Activity
Variable: RECONACT


Question:
Which of these descriptions applies to what you were doing last week, that is, in the seven day s ending last Sunday?


Index to tables on this page

  1. % of men and women
  2. % of people of different ages
  3. % of people of different religions.

Overall Results %
In full-time education2
On government training/employment scheme1
In paid work for at least 10 hours in week50
Waiting to take up paid work already accepted0
Unemployed and registered at a benefit office7
Unemployed, not registered, but actively looking for a job1
Unemployed, wanting a job but not actively looking for a job1
Permanently sick or disabled4
Wholly retired from work15
Looking after the home18
Something else0


Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
In full-time education 3 2
On government training/employment scheme 1 0
In paid work for at least 10 hours in week 63 38
Waiting to take up paid work already accepted 0 0
Unemployed and registered at a benefit office 11 4
Unemployed, not registered, but actively looking for a job 1 1
Unemployed, wanting a job but not actively looking for a job 1 1
Permanently sick or disabled 5 3
Wholly retired from work 15 15
Looking after the home 1 34
Something else 0 0


Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
In full-time education 18 2 0 0 0 0
On government training/employment scheme 1 1 1 1 0 0
In paid work for at least 10 hours in week 58 63 68 66 41 5
Waiting to take up paid work already accepted 1 1 0 0 0 0
Unemployed and registered at a benefit office 16 10 6 7 9 0
Unemployed, not registered, but actively looking for a job 2 1 1 0 2 0
Unemployed, wanting a job but not actively looking for a job 1 1 1 1 2 0
Permanently sick or disabled 0 3 6 5 10 3
Wholly retired from work 0 0 0 2 10 74
Looking after the home 5 20 16 19 25 19
Something else 0 0 0 0 1 0


Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
In full-time education 3 2 2
On government training/employment scheme 1 1 0
In paid work for at least 10 hours in week 46 50 61
Waiting to take up paid work already accepted 0 0 1
Unemployed and registered at a benefit office 12 4 11
Unemployed, not registered, but actively looking for a job 1 1 0
Unemployed, wanting a job but not actively looking for a job 0 1 1
Permanently sick or disabled 5 4 2
Wholly retired from work 10 20 9
Looking after the home 22 16 13
Something else 0 1 0


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