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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes - 1995

Year: 1995

Module: Economic_Activity
Variable: PAYGAP


Question:
If respondent is an employee ...

Thinking of the highest and the lowest paid people in your place of work, how would you describe the gap between their pay, as far as you know?


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 %
Much too big a gap25
Too big28
About right40
Too small3
Much too small a gap1
Don't know4


Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Much too big a gap 28 22
Too big 25 30
About right 42 39
Too small 3 3
Much too small a gap 1 1
Don't know 3 6


Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Much too big a gap 21 26 25 30 * *
Too big 30 30 29 25 * *
About right 47 35 39 35 * *
Too small 0 4 2 2 * 0
Much too small a gap 0 1 2 1 0 0
Don't know 2 4 3 7 * *
* indicates that the number of people in this category is
too small to allow percentages to be calculated.


Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Much too big a gap 30 21 27
Too big 32 26 24
About right 32 45 44
Too small 3 2 1
Much too small a gap 0 1 0
Don't know 3 6 3


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