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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1991

Year: 1991
Module: Gender
Variable: SHCHILD1

Question: Now I would like to ask about how you think family jobs should generally be shared between men and women.
Who do you think should ook after child when they are sick: mainly the man, mainly the woman, or should the task be shared equally?

Index to tables on this page

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

Overall Results %
Mainly man0
Mainly woman36
Shared equally62
Don't know0
Not answered1

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Mainly man 1 0
Mainly woman 29 42
Shared equally 70 57
Don't know 0 1
Not answered 1 1

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Mainly man 1 1 0 0 0 1
Mainly woman 22 20 33 37 52 59
Shared equally 77 79 65 60 47 38
Don't know 0 0 1 0 1 0
Not answered 0 0 1 2 0 1

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Mainly man 0 1 1
Mainly woman 31 41 31
Shared equally 69 57 68
Don't know 0 1 0
Not answered 1 1 1

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