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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1996

Year: 1996

Module: Economic Activity
Variable: WKWORKHD


Question:
If respondent is in paid work ?br>
Which of these statements best describes your feelings about your job? In my job ?br>

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 %
I only work as hard as I have to 10
I work hard, but not so that it interferes with the rest of my life 41
I make a point of doing the best I can, even if it sometimes does interfere with the rest of my life 49


Results for men and women
%
  Male Female
I only work as hard as I have to 14 6
I work hard, but not so that it interferes with the rest of my life 31 52
I make a point of doing the best I can, even if it sometimes does interfere with the rest of my life 55 43


Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
  18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+
I only work as hard as I have to * 9 9 7 * *
I work hard, but not so that it interferes with the rest of my life * 42 46 31 * *
I make a point of doing the best I can, even if it sometimes does interfere with the rest of my life * 50 45 63 * *
* 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
%
  Catholic Protestant No religion
I only work as hard as I have to 9 9 16
I work hard, but not so that it interferes with the rest of my life 37 42 45
I make a point of doing the best I can, even if it sometimes does interfere with the rest of my life 55 49 39


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