Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2002

Variable Details

VariableWHYNOWOM
LabelS2Q8 Why are there not more women in NI politics?
Question text Why do you think there aren't more women involved in politics in Northern Ireland?
Responses
1 BECAUSE OF THE STATE OF THE THINGS IN NORTHERN IRELAND 2
2 WOMEN HAVE GOT THE BRUNT OF THINGS/NOT ABLE TO EXPRESS THEMS 1
3 BECAUSE IT IS A MANS WORLD 323
4 DONT GO IN FOR IT 106
5 DONT GET A LOOK IN/NOT GIVEN CHANCE 42
6 BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY ARE TREATED 1
7 THEIR OWN CHOICE 25
10 FAMILY COMMITMENTS 323
11 MORE INVOLVED IN BUSINESS/ DONT WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN POLI 1
12 NI. IS 20YRS BEHIND - OLD FASHIONED VIEWS ON WOMENS PLACE 43
13 LACK CONFIDENCE 37
14 THERES A LOT OF WOMEN INVOLVED ALREADY 1
15 NOT GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITIES/NOT ENCOURAGED 65
16 LACK OF INTEREST 119
17 ITS A HARD JOB 7
18 MANS WORLD AND FAMILY COMMITMENTS 1
19 WOMEN HAVE MORE SENSE 7
20 NOT SURE - NOT INTO POLITICS 8
21 CANT AGREE ON ANYTHING - MEN HAVE TO DO THE THINKING 2
22 THEY DONT GET ELECTED 2
23 CANT NEGOTIATE LIKE A MAN 3
24 DONT GET ENOUGH VOTES - MEN GET MORE 22
25 POLITICAL UNREST 1
26 TOO POLARISED FOR WOMEN 1
27 WOMEN ARE ONLY NOW BECOMING INVOLVED 41
28 NOT WELL LIKED 5
29 IMAGE OF POLITICIANS HERE PUTS THEM OFF 1
30 NOT NEEDED AS MUCH AS MEN 3
31 NOT PROPER EQUALITY 8
32 NOT SUITED FOR POLITICS 2
33 CONFRONTATIONAL WITH BICKERING ALL THE TIME 1
34 MAYBE THEY THINK THEY ARE NOT CLEVER ENOUGH 1
35 DISCRIMINATION - HARDER FOR WOMEN TO GET INTO POLITICS- CHAN 10
36 WOMEN ARE MORE AMBITIOUS 2
37 PUBLIC THINK WOMEN ARE NOT CAPABLE 8
38 SPIN OFF FROM THE TROUBLES - DURING TROUBLES VERY FEW WOMEN 18
39 UP HILL STRUGGLE - WOMEN ARE PUT UPON 1
40 TAKES MONEY 3
41 NOT PART OF CULTURE 5
42 HOURS DONT SUIT 2
43 IT WOULD BE BETTER 1
44 AGAINST 1
45 BACKWARD 1
46 THEIR VOICE WAS NOT STRONG ENOUGH 2
47 NOT THE OPENINGS FOR THEM 1
48 I SUPPOSE THEY DONT THINK ABOUT GETTING ELECTED 1
49 THEY ARE WORKING IN OTHER JOBS 2
50 THEY ARE FED UP WITH THE FAÇADE 1
51 MIGHT NOT BE TOUGH ENOUGH 1
52 SCHOOLS AND THE WAY THEY ARE CONDITIONED 1
53 I THINK WOMEN ARE TOO CATTY 2
54 THEY ARE ABLE TO HAVE MORE FREEDOM AND ITS TO DO WITH EDUCAT 2
55 NO DECENT PERSON WOULD BE A POLITICIAN/TEND TO STEM FROM PAR 1
56 WOMEN IN GENERAL NOT INTERESTED IN POLITICS - SO MUCH POLARI 1
57 MAYBE THEY SEE HOW USELESS THE SITUATION IS 1
58 THERE SHOULD BE MORE 1
59 WOMEN PREVENTED FROM GOING INTO POLITICS/FIGHT FOR VOTE IN T 1
60 I DONT THINK THERE WAS ANYTHING TO STOP THEM BEFORE 1
61 POLITICS TOO NASTY FOR WOMEN TO GET INVOLVED 1
62 HELD BACK FOR A LONG TIME 3
63 LIFE IS BIASED 1
64 THEY DO NOT GET THE CREDIT THEY DESERVE 1
65 NOT CAPABLE 10
66 WE NEED A STRONG FEMALE LEADER TO ENCOURAGE FEMALE CANDIDATE 1
67 THEY ARE NOT AMBITIOUS ENOUGH 4
68 TRADITION AND CULTURE 2
69 TRADITION 36
70 HAVE TO BE TOTALLY COMMITTED 1
71 FED UP WITH THE CARRY ON 1
72 NOT AS OUTGOING AS MEN 1
73 NOT ALWAYS PRACTICAL 1
74 WOMEN NOT AS ACCEPTABLE 2
75 THEY ARE BLOCKED IN MANY WAYS 1
76 THEY ARE ANNOYED ABOUT THE SITUATION IN THE NORTH 1
77 NOT EDUCATED ENOUGH 3
78 THEY ARE NO GOOD 1
79 THEY ARE NOT LISTENED TO 3
80 ITS NOT A WELCOMING WORLD 2
81 MICHELLE GILDERNUE 1
82 IT JUST HASNT HAPPENED 1
83 GENERALLY APATHY HAS SET FOR WOMEN IN POLITICAL GAME 1
84 THEY ARE SEEN AS SECOND CLASS CITIZENS 1
85 THEY WOULD BE VERY EASY SWAYED AND TALKED DOWN 1
86 I THINK THERE IS ENOUGH AT THE MOMENT 1
87 FEAR OF COMPETING WITH MEN 1
88 TOO MUCH IN THE BACKGROUND 1
89 NOT REACHED THAT STAGE 1
90 NOT FRIENDLY ENOUGH ATMOSPHERE 11
91 TOO HIGH POWERED 1
92 NEEDS TO START WITH THE PARTIES 1
93 I DONT THINK IT IS THE PLACE FOR WOMEN 6
94 NO FACILITIES 1
95 NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT 3
96 NEVER BEEN A WOMANS CAREER 8
97 WOMENS COALITION GAVE THEM A BAD NAME 1
98 DONT FIT IN 1
99 PARTY SELECTION PROCESS 1
100 FAMILY/HISTORY OF INEQUALITY/LACK OF OPPORTUNITIES 1
101 NOT JUST MEN AND WOMEN IN POLITICS/ABOUT PERSONALITIES 1
102 THEY WOULD WANT TO SAY TOO MUCH 1
103 THERE IS NO CAREER TO FOLLOW FOR THE TIME BEING 1
104 NOT BEEN GROOMED TO TAKE PART 1
105 WOMEN HAVE BEEN BEHIND THE MEN FOR FAR TOO LONG 1
106 THE POSITIONS HAVE NOT BEEN OPEN FOR WOMEN 1
107 I SUPPOSE IT IS THE DOG EAT DOG THING,THEY DONT WANT THE HAS 1
108 THEY WERENT THERE OVER THE YEARS 1
109 THEY CANT MAKE THE COMMITMENT 1
110 ITS AN OUTDATED GOVERNMENT 1
111 MOST MEN WOULDNT VOTE FOR A WOMAN 1
112 THE PARTIES WERE SEXIST 2
113 TOO MUCH ARGUMENT/POLITICS CAN BE AGGRESSIVE 1
114 PROBABLY TOO BIGOTED 1
115 WOMEN FED UP WITH POLITICS - COME AGAINST A BRICK WALL IF T 1
116 TOO MUCH EMPHASIS ON RELIGION THAN SOCIAL ISSUES 1
117 BECAUSE OF THE RUTHLESSNESS OF POLITICS 1
118 NOT VERY ATTRACTIVE 1
119 UNWELCOME IN THE PARTIES 1
120 NOT AS PUSHY AS MEN 1
121 NOT BEEN A DONE THING 1
122 PARTIES BEHIND TIMES 1
123 DONT REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT 1
124 IT IS ONLY NOW THAT THEY HAVE CAUGHT ON THAT THEY CAN DO IT 1
125 NO EXAMPLE OF WOMEN WHO ARE ALREADY THERE TO USE AS A ROLE M 1
126 NOT ENOUGH EDUCATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO GO INTO POLITICS 1
127 RECENT PAST HAS MADE POLITICS ABOUT THE BIG QUESTION NOT DAY 1
128 POLITICS IS A DIRTY GAME 1
129 RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT DOMINATE THE POLITICAL SITUATION 1
130 NO INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO BECOME POLITICIANS 1
131 THEY ARE TOO HAD STRONG 1
132 WOMEN ARE INFERIOR TO MEN 1
133 TOO MUCH CORRUPTION 1
134 NOT SELECTED BY THE PARTIES 1
8 N/A 0
9 MISSING 369
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2002
UniverseNorthern Irish adults;National;Adults aged 18 and over in Northern Ireland during 2002.
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study