If married or living as married ...
Which of these descriptions applies best to your spouse or partner?

	%
Working full-time	56
Working part-time	13
Not working (seeking work)	2
Retired	20
In full-time education	1
Looking after the home	3
Permanently sick or disabled	3
Not working (and not seeking work)	1
Caring for older or disabled person full-time	0
Other answer	1
Don't know	0

 

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Working full-time	42	71
Working part-time	19	6
Not working (seeking work)	2	2
Retired	28	12
In full-time education	0	1
Looking after the home	6	0
Permanently sick or disabled	2	4
Not working (and not seeking work)	0	1
Caring for older or disabled person full-time	0	1
Other answer	1	1
Don't know	0	0

 

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Results for people of different ages

* indicates that the number of people in this category is
too small to allow percentages to be calculated.
Graphs not available for this table.

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Working full-time	*	86	71	70	48	9
Working part-time	*	6	14	18	20	8
Not working (seeking work)	*	2	3	0	0	2
Retired	0	0	1	3	19	77
In full-time education	*	1	0	1	1	0
Looking after the home	0	1	5	5	2	3
Permanently sick or disabled	*	2	3	1	6	2
Not working (and not seeking work)	0	0	0	2	1	0
Caring for older or disabled person full-time	0	0	1	1	1	0
Other answer	0	0	1	1	1	0
Don't know	0	1	1	0	1	0

 

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Results for people of different religions

	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
Working full-time	56	50	62
Working part-time	13	13	14
Not working (seeking work)	4	1	0
Retired	18	27	13
In full-time education	1	1	1
Looking after the home	3	4	3
Permanently sick or disabled	3	3	3
Not working (and not seeking work)	0	0	1
Caring for older or disabled person full-time	1	0	1
Other answer	1	0	1
Don't know	1	1	0

 

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