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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1991

Year: 1991
Module: Gender
Variable: WOMSUFFR

Question: Please tick one box for each statement below to show how much you agree or disagree with it.
If a woman takes several years off to look after her children it's only fair her career should suffer.

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 %
Strongly agree4
Agree19
Neither agree nor disagree15
Disagree47
Strongly disagree11
Can't choose4
Not answered1

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Strongly agree 4 3
Agree 24 16
Neither agree nor disagree 16 14
Disagree 43 50
Strongly disagree 10 11
Can't choose 3 5
Not answered 1 1

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Strongly agree 4 3 1 4 6 6
Agree 14 13 22 25 22 22
Neither agree nor disagree 26 15 16 7 15 12
Disagree 42 55 45 48 49 39
Strongly disagree 15 11 12 12 7 6
Can't choose 0 3 5 2 2 13
Not answered 0 0 0 2 0 2

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Strongly agree 5 3 4
Agree 19 20 21
Neither agree nor disagree 13 16 23
Disagree 45 49 32
Strongly disagree 14 8 14
Can't choose 3 4 5
Not answered 0 1 2

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