Year: 2004
Module: Men's Life and Times
Variable:IMP2WKPL

From 2003, all fathers are entitled to two weeks off work on paternity leave when their new baby is born. How important or unimportant do you think it is that men should be entitled to those two weeks’ paternity leave?

 

%

Very important70
Fairly important23
Neither important nor unimportant3
Fairly unimportant3
Very unimportant1
(Don't know)1

 

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Results for men and women

%

 MaleFemale
Very important 61 77
Fairly important 28 18
Neither important nor unimportant 4 2
Fairly unimportant 5 2
Very unimportant 1 1
(Don't know) 1 0

  

 

Results for people of different ages

%

 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Very important 77 79 83 67 60 55
Fairly important 19 18 15 27 27 28
Neither important nor unimportant 1 3 1 3 5 5
Fairly unimportant 2 0 2 2 6 7
Very unimportant 0 0 0 0 1 3
(Don't know) 1 0 0 0 0 2

 

  

Results for people of different religions

%

 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Very important 79 63 70
Fairly important 17 27 23
Neither important nor unimportant 2 4 3
Fairly unimportant 2 5 3
Very unimportant 0 1 1
(Don't know) 1 1 0

 

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