HC Deb 13 February 1996 vol 271 c525W
Mr. Robert McCartney

To 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.

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