§ Mr. Robert McCartneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many and what percentage of
Table 1: Unemployed persons Population by sex Total Roman Catholic Presbyterian Church of Ireland/ Methodist Other denominations None not stated Males Number 77,326 40,647 23,068 3,827 3,376 6,408 Percentage 100 52.47 29.83 4.95 4.37 8.29 Females Number 29,744 13,863 10,086 1,857 1,337 2,601 Percentage 100 46.61 33.91 6.24 4.50 8.74 Persons Number 107,070 54,510 33,154 5,684 4,713 9,009 Percentage 100 50.91 30.96 5.31 4.40 8.41
Table 2: Ratios of Roman Catholic unemployment rates1 to other groupings Population by sex Presbyterian/ Church of Ireland/ Methodist Other denominations None Not stated Males 2.2:1 2.5:1 1.8:1 1.3:1 Females 1.8:1 1.8:1 1.2:1 1.1:1 Persons 2.1:1 2.3:1 1.6:1 1.3:1 1 The unemployment rates are calculated by expressing the number recorded as economically active out of employment as a percentage of the total economically active.