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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1993

Year: 1993

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 %
Full time education3
Government employment scheme2
In paid work for at least 10 hours a week47
Waiting to take up paid work already accepted0
Unemployed and registered at a benefit office8
Unemployed, not registered but actively looking for a job1
Unemployed, wanting a job, but not actively looking1
Permanently sick or disabled6
Wholly retired from work14
Looking after the home18
(Doing something else)0


Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Full time education 3 4
Government employment scheme 2 1
In paid work for at least 10 hours a week 58 39
Waiting to take up paid work already accepted 0 0
Unemployed and registered at a benefit office 12 5
Unemployed, not registered but actively looking for a job 1 1
Unemployed, wanting a job, but not actively looking 0 1
Permanently sick or disabled 9 5
Wholly retired from work 15 13
Looking after the home 1 32
(doing something else) 0 0


Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Full time education 25 1 1 0 0 0
Government employment scheme 10 0 1 2 0 0
In paid work for at least 10 hours a week 35 66 63 60 39 5
Waiting to take up paid work already accepted 0 1 0 0 1 0
Unemployed and registered at a benefit office 17 12 10 7 2 0
Unemployed, not registered but actively looking for a job 0 1 2 0 1 0
Unemployed, wanting a job, but not actively looking 2 0 0 1 1 0
Permanently sick or disabled 1 3 3 12 15 4
Wholly retired from work 0 0 1 2 15 69
Looking after the home 9 16 20 16 26 22
(doing something else) 2 0 0 0 0 0


Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Full time education 5 2 1
Government employment scheme 1 2 3
In paid work for at least 10 hours a week 44 48 54
Waiting to take up paid work already accepted 0 0 2
Unemployed and registered at a benefit office 8 8 6
Unemployed, not registered but actively looking for a job 1 1 1
Unemployed, wanting a job, but not actively looking 1 0 1
Permanently sick or disabled 8 6 5
Wholly retired from work 11 17 8
Looking after the home 20 17 19
(doing something else) 1 0 0


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