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  Ageism and Ageing,Republic of Ireland - 2003

Year: 2003
Module: Attitudes_to_Older_People
Variable: DISEMP50

Question: As far as you know, is it against the law, or not, for an employer to refuse to take on a person simply because they are older – say in their fifties?

Index to tables on this page

  1. % of men and women
  2. % of people of different ages

Overall Results %
Yes, it is illegal60
No, it isn't illegal16
Depends4
Don't know20

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Yes, it is illegal 60 59
No, it isn't illegal 17 15
Depends 5 4
Don't know 18 22

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Yes, it is illegal 64 64 60 61 61 46
No, it isn't illegal 14 16 15 18 15 17
Depends 3 4 3 4 5 7
Don't know 19 16 22 17 18 30

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