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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2003

Variable Details

VariableJOBSEC
LabelS3Q26 - Offer job to older/younger woman
Question text Suppose two people who are both equally well qualified apply for a job as a secretary. One is a 52 year old married woman and the other is a married woman of 24. If you were the employer would you want to offer the job to the older woman or to the younger woman?
Responses
1 Would want to offer it to the older woman 536
2 Would want to offer it to the younger woman 351
3 (It depends) 359
4 Other (Please Specify) 2
8 (Don't know) 72
-1 Skip - Respondent over retirement age 480
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2003
UniverseNorthern Irish adults;National;Adults aged 18 and over in Northern Ireland during 2003
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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