Gender and Family Roles Resources

Questions on Gender and Family Roles were asked in the Northern Ireland Life and Times (NILT) survey in 1998, 2002 and 2005.

ARK Resources

• The Men's Health in Numbers project explored issues related to men's health in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, resulting in a range of publications.
• The Gender Budgeting Project examined the potential of gender budgeting to enhance equality analysis and equality outcomes in Northern Ireland. Its publications included four working papers.
• Raising Grandparents (Research Update 39) by Eileen Evason, Katrina Lloyd and Lizanne Dowds uses NILT data from 2004.
• Attitudes towards Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual People in Northern Ireland (Research Update 66) by Neil Jarman uses NILT data from 2001.
• What women want? Women and Gender Roles in Northern Ireland (Research Update 24) by Ann Marie Gray and Gillian Robinson uses data from the 2002 and 1998 Gender and Family Roles questions.
• Women in the Northern Ireland Labour Market: A Guide to Data Sources and Resources by Gillian Robinson and Fran Porter (1995) provides a useful resource.
  
• Men and Women in Northern Ireland: Challenging the Stereotypes by Lizanne Dowds, Gillian Robinson, Ann Marie Gray and Deirdre Heenan (Research Update 1) uses data from the 1994 Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey and 1998 NILT Survey to examine some frequently expressed stereotypes relating to men and women.
• Men in the Mirror by Steve Biddulph (Research Update 7) is based on the 2000 Men's Life and Times module.
• Mystery Man? by Paula Devine (Reserach Update 38) is based on the 2004 Men's Life and Times module.
  

Links

• The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland is an independent public body established under the Northern Ireland Act 1998, and replaces the Equality Opportunities Commission for Northern Ireland. Its responsibilities include discrimination based on sex or on sexual orientation.
• The responsibility of the Gender Equality Unit within The Executive Office is to develop and implement a Gender Equality Strategy to tackle inequalities between men and women, and boys and girls where that inequality relates to their gender, marital or relationship status, whether or not they have dependants or caring responsibilities or are transgendered.
  
• The Women and Equality Unit works across the UK government to bring about measurable improvements in the position of women which benefit society generally; and to promote equality for all, particularly in the development and delivery of Government policy and services. It works towards the Government's objective of ensuring that the women's agenda is at the heart of government.

Maintained by Paula Devine