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

	%
Working full-time	53
Working part-time	14
Not working (seeking work)	1
Retired	25
In a Government Training Scheme	0
In full-time education	<0.5
Looking after the home	2
Permanently sick or disabled	3
Caring for older or disabled person full-time	1
Other answer	1
I don't know	<0.51

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Working full-time	37	69
Working part-time	20	7
Not working (seeking work)	1	1
Retired	32	17
In a government training scheme	0	0
In full-time education	0	1
Looking after the home	4	0
Permanently sick or disabled	3	3
Caring for older or disabled person full-time	1	1
Other answer	1	0
I don't know	1	1

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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	*	89	74	75	38	4
Working part-time	*	5	19	13	24	10
Not working (seeking work)	*	1	0	2	2	1
Retired	*	0	0	3	28	79
In a government training scheme	*	0	0	0	0	0
In full-time education	*	0	1	0	0	0
Looking after the home	*	5	2	1	3	1
Permanently sick or disabled	*	1	2	4	4	3
Caring for older or disabled person full-time	*	0	1	1	1	1
Other answer	*	0	0	0	0	0
I don't know	*	0	0	1	0	0

* indicates that the number of people in this category is too small to allow percentages to be calculated.

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Results for people of different religions

	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
Working full-time	61	42	57
Working part-time	12	17	13
Not working (seeking work)	<0.5	1	2
Retired	21	33	17
In a government training scheme	0	0	0
In full-time education	0	0	2
Looking after the home	<0.5	3	2
Permanently sick or disabled	4	3	2
Caring for older or disabled person full-time	0	<0.5	2
Other answer	0	0	2
I don't know	1	0	2

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