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  Social Mobility, Political Preferences, Attitudes and Behaviour in Northern Ireland - 1996

Year: 1996
Module: Employment history
Variable: HOWGET1

Question: How did you get your first job?

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 %
Friend18
Familyrelatives20
Recruitment agency6
Self-solicited22
Advertisement26
Started own business0
Other8


Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Friend 20 17
Familyrelatives 22 17
Recruitment agency 6 7
Self-solicited 21 23
Advertisement 23 29
Started own business 0 0
Other 8 8

Table Index


Results for people of different ages
%
 21-2425-3435-4445-5455-65
Friend 19 15 16 21 22
Familyrelatives 13 17 15 21 29
Recruitment agency 11 11 6 3 2
Self-solicited 18 18 23 24 23
Advertisement 27 29 30 26 18
Started own business 0 0 0 0 0
Other 13 10 9 5 5

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Results for people of different religions
 %
 All othersCatholicProtestantNo religion
Friend 21 18 19 13
Familyrelatives 24 20 19 15
Recruitment agency 4 6 7 9
Self-solicited 13 24 20 24
Advertisement 29 24 27 30
Started own business 0 0 0 1
Other 9 8 8 9

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