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  Ageism and Ageing,Republic of Ireland - 2003

Year: 2003
Module: Attitudes_to_Older_People
Variable: LWEMPAGE

Question: Are you in favour or against laws making it illegal to refuse to employ someone simply because of their age?

Index to tables on this page

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

Overall Results %
Strongly in favour44
In favour25
Neither in favour nor against7
Against14
Strongly against6
Don't know4

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Strongly in favour 42 45
In favour 26 25
Neither in favour nor against 9 6
Against 15 13
Strongly against 5 6
Don't know 3 5

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Strongly in favour 42 43 46 44 48 39
In favour 22 25 25 26 27 26
Neither in favour nor against 8 5 7 10 6 8
Against 16 16 14 13 11 14
Strongly against 8 8 4 6 4 4
Don't know 4 2 3 1 2 10

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