NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2015
Module: Social_Care_for_Older_People
Variable: PAYSC3

Supposing an older person needs so much help with daily living that they need to move into a care home. There are different ways that this care home could be paid for. How fair are each of these?
Nobody has to sell their home to pay for care but if you have savings you will have to use that money to pay part of the costs until you have spent a maximum of £72,000 of your own money and then the government will step in and pay for the rest.

	%
Very fair	3
Quite fair	16
Neither fair nor unfair	9
Quite unfair	27
Very unfair	43
Don't know	3

Go to results for men and women, people of different religions, and people of different ages.
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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Very fair	2	3
Quite fair	17	15
Neither fair nor unfair	10	9
Quite unfair	27	26
Very unfair	41	44
Don't know	3	4

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Very fair	0	3	4	3	3	2
Quite fair	11	20	18	15	17	14
Neither fair nor unfair	11	11	9	4	10	10
Quite unfair	27	25	32	29	25	24
Very unfair	47	36	30	47	43	48
Don't know	5	4	7	2	2	3

Results for people of different religions

	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
Very fair	2	3	1
Quite fair	14	17	16
Neither fair nor unfair	8	9	12
Quite unfair	24	29	28
Very unfair	48	39	39
Don't know	4	2	4

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