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.
Questions on Men's Life and Times were asked in NILT in 2000 and 2004.
Questions on Women in Politics were asked in NILT in 2002.

ARK Resources

• The Men's Health in Numbers project (Paula Devine and Erin Early) collates key statistics on men's health across the island of Ireland. This includes a report published in 2020, as well as report cards in 2024.
• 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.
• Mystery Man? by Paula Devine (Reserach Update 38) is based on the 2004 Men's Life and Times module.
• 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 NILT Gender and Family Roles questions.
• Men in the Mirror by Steve Biddulph (Research Update 7) is based on the 2000 NILT Men's Life and Times module.
• 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.
• Surveys Online includes tables of results for the 1991 survey Political Participation, Interests and Attitudes of Women in Northern Ireland.
  

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 Department for Communities is responsible for Gender Equality on behalf of the Northern Ireland Executive. The Report from the Gender Equality Strategy Expert Advisory Panel was published in 2021.
• The Men's Health Forum in Ireland (MHFI) is a voluntary network of individuals and organisations focusing on men's health on the island of Ireland.
  
• 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