SOL: Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey

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Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1994

Year: 1994
Module: Poverty
Variable: WORSEOFF

Question: Please look at this card and say, as far as money is concerned, what you think happens when a marriage breaks up.

Index to tables on this page

% of men and women
% of people of different ages
% of people of different religions.

Overall Results	%
The woman nearly always comes off worse than the man	23
The woman usually comes off worse	24
The woman and the man usually come off about the same	21
The man usually comes off worse	19
The man nearly always comes off worse than the woman	4
It varies/It depends	6
Other answer	1
Don't know	3
Not answered	0

Table Index

Results for men and women	%
	Male	Female
The woman nearly always comes off worse than the man	12	35
The woman usually comes off worse	22	26
The woman and the man usually come off about the same	25	17
The man usually comes off worse	27	10
The man nearly always comes off worse than the woman	6	2
It varies/it depends	5	6
Other answer	0	1
Don't know	2	4
Not answered	0	0

Table Index

Results for people of different ages	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
The woman nearly always comes off worse than the man	30	17	24	22	18	30
The woman usually comes off worse	27	17	23	29	26	23
The woman and the man usually come off about the same	21	26	17	20	23	17
The man usually comes off worse	16	33	20	17	10	10
The man nearly always comes off worse than the woman	5	4	6	2	4	4
It varies/it depends	0	1	6	7	12	8
Other answer	1	0	1	0	2	1
Don't know	0	2	4	2	6	5
Not answered	0	0	0	0	0	1

Table Index

Results for people of different religions	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
The woman nearly always comes off worse than the man	32	18	21
The woman usually comes off worse	27	21	27
The woman and the man usually come off about the same	18	22	23
The man usually comes off worse	12	23	16
The man nearly always comes off worse than the woman	2	5	8
It varies/it depends	5	6	2
Other answer	1	1	1
Don't know	4	3	1
Not answered	0	0	1

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