Year: 1996
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
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-
%
of
people of different ages
-
%
of
people of different religions.
| Overall
Results |
% |
| Much too big a gap | 20 |
| Too big | 26 |
| About right | 43 |
| Too small | 5 |
| Much too small a gap | 0 |
| Don't know | 7 |
|
Results
for men and women
|
%
|
| | Male | Female |
| Much too big a gap |
19 |
20 |
| Too big |
26 |
26 |
| About right |
43 |
43 |
| Too small |
6 |
4 |
| Much too small a gap |
0 |
0 |
| Don't know |
7 |
7 |
|
Results
for people of different ages
|
%
|
| | 18-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65+ |
| Much too big a gap |
* |
23 |
25 |
14 |
* |
* |
| Too big |
* |
21 |
29 |
29 |
* |
0 |
| About right |
* |
48 |
38 |
52 |
* |
* |
| Too small |
* |
6 |
1 |
0 |
* |
* |
| Much too small a gap |
* |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Don't know |
* |
3 |
7 |
6 |
* |
* |
* indicates that the number of people in this category is
too small to allow percentages to be calculated.
|
Results
for people of different religions
|
%
|
| | Catholic | Protestant | No religion |
| Much too big a gap |
19 |
20 |
21 |
| Too big |
25 |
22 |
35 |
| About right |
49 |
49 |
15 |
| Too small |
2 |
0 |
23 |
| Much too small a gap |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Don't know |
5 |
8 |
6 |
|
