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

Year: 1996
Module: Employment history
Variable: RBETWEEN

Question: If response to TIMESJOB is not 'Never had a job or Straight away'
What was the main activity that you were doing during this period beween finishing full-time education and getting full-time or part-time work?

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 %
Unemployed seeking work58
Unemployed not seeking work10
Studentfurther education5
Houseworkcarerlooking after the homef8
Casual work8
Personal illness1
Other11


Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Unemployed seeking work 59 57
Unemployed not seeking work 12 9
Studentfurther education 6 4
Houseworkcarerlooking after the homef 1 13
Casual work 9 7
Personal illness 0 1
Other 12 9

Table Index


Results for people of different ages
%
 21-2425-3435-4445-5455-65
Unemployed seeking work 58 62 65 50 43
Unemployed not seeking work 14 8 10 14 11
Studentfurther education 3 7 6 2 3
Houseworkcarerlooking after the homef 8 5 2 12 20
Casual work 3 7 8 12 11
Personal illness 0 0 0 1 2
Other 14 12 9 9 10

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Results for people of different religions
 %
 All othersCatholicProtestantNo religion
Unemployed seeking work * 63 54 *
Unemployed not seeking work 0 8 12 *
Studentfurther education * 4 5 *
Houseworkcarerlooking after the homef * 8 7 *
Casual work 0 8 10 *
Personal illness 0 1 1 0
Other * 9 11 *
* indicates that the number of people in this category is
too small to allow percentages to be calculated.

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