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

Year: 1996
Module: Employment history
Variable: HOWJOB

Question: How did you get your 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 %
Friend12
Familyrelatives12
Recruitment agency4
Self-solicited13
Advertisement45
Started own business8
Other6


Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Friend 11 13
Familyrelatives 14 8
Recruitment agency 5 4
Self-solicited 14 11
Advertisement 38 55
Started own business 11 4
Other 7 5

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Results for people of different ages
%
 21-2425-3435-4445-5455-65
Friend 7 12 11 14 16
Familyrelatives 14 11 11 12 12
Recruitment agency 6 5 3 4 5
Self-solicited 14 14 13 11 12
Advertisement 43 47 46 43 41
Started own business 4 6 9 12 7
Other 12 5 7 5 8

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Results for people of different religions
 %
 All othersCatholicProtestantNo religion
Friend * 10 14 12
Familyrelatives * 12 12 8
Recruitment agency 0 5 4 3
Self-solicited * 14 11 9
Advertisement * 43 46 47
Started own business * 9 7 18
Other * 6 6 4
* indicates that the number of people in this category is
too small to allow percentages to be calculated.

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