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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1991

Year: 1991
Module: Gender
Variable: SHCHORE5

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 do the washing and ironing: 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 woman69
Shared equally30
Don't know0
Not answered1

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Mainly man 1 0
Mainly woman 71 67
Shared equally 27 32
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 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mainly woman 56 64 67 73 79 79
Shared equally 44 36 32 25 20 19
Don't know 0 0 1 0 1 0
Not answered 0 0 0 2 0 1

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Mainly man 0 0 1
Mainly woman 66 73 57
Shared equally 34 25 42
Don't know 0 1 0
Not answered 1 1 1

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