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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1991

Year: 1991

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 education (not paid for by employer, including on vacation) 4
On government training/employment programme (eg Employment training, Youth Training etc) 1
In paid work (or away temporarily) for at least 10 hours in week 50
Waiting to take up paid work already accepted 0
Unemployed and registered at benefit office 6
Unemployed, not registered, but actively looking for a job 1
Permanently sick or disabled 7
Wholly retired from work 12
Looking after the home 19
Doing something else 0


Results for men and women
%
  Male Female
In full-time education (not paid for by employer, including on vacation) 5 3
On government training/employment programme (eg Employment training, Youth Training etc) 1 1
In paid work (or away temporarily) for at least 10 hours in week 64 39
Waiting to take up paid work already accepted 1 0
Unemployed and registered at benefit office 9 3
Unemployed, not registered, but actively looking for a job 1 1
Permanently sick or disabled 8 6
Wholly retired from work 13 12
Looking after the home 1 35
Doing something else 0 1


Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
  18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+
In full-time education (not paid for by employer, including on vacation) 22 1 1 0 0 0
On government training/employment programme (eg Employment training, Youth Training etc) 2 1 0 1 0 0
In paid work (or away temporarily) for at least 10 hours in week 49 65 66 64 39 5
Waiting to take up paid work already accepted 1 0 0 0 0 0
Unemployed and registered at benefit office 10 9 8 4 2 0
Unemployed, not registered, but actively looking for a job 2 1 1 1 0 0
Permanently sick or disabled 4 3 4 6 21 6
Wholly retired from work 0 0 1 0 19 65
Looking after the home 10 20 20 24 19 24
Doing something else 0 1 1 0 0 0


Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
  Catholic Protestant No religion
In full-time education (not paid for by employer, including on vacation) 7 2 5
On government training/employment programme (eg Employment training, Youth Training etc) 1 0 3
In paid work (or away temporarily) for at least 10 hours in week 43 53 57
Waiting to take up paid work already accepted 1 0 0
Unemployed and registered at benefit office 5 5 11
Unemployed, not registered, but actively looking for a job 1 1 1
Permanently sick or disabled 8 5 10
Wholly retired from work 12 14 5
Looking after the home 23 19 9
Doing something else 0 0 0


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