Inequalities in Northern Ireland Test Your Knowledge

Question 1 What percentage of boys in Northern Ireland progress to further and higher education? 6% 56% 75% The correct answer is 56% Click on the percentage you think is correct

Question 2 What percentage of girls in Northern Ireland progress to further and higher education? 6% 56% 75% The correct answer is 75% Click on the percentage you think is correct

Question 3 Do more boys or more girls leave school with no GCSEs? The correct answer is boys Girls Boys 6% 3% Click on the percentage you think is correct

Question 4 What percentage of Irish Traveller children leave school with no GCSEs or their equivalent? 12% 52% 92% The correct answer is 92% Click on the percentage you think is correct

Question 5 What ratio of people in Northern Ireland are disabled? 1 in 31 in 51 in 8 The correct answer is 1 in 5 Click on the ratio you think is correct

Question 6 17% of people who are not disabled have no qualifications. What percentage of disabled people have no qualifications? 31% 41% 51% The correct answer is 41% Click on the percentage you think is correct

Question 7 79% of people who are not disabled people are employed. What percentage of disabled people are employed? 32% 42% 52% The correct answer is 32% Click on the percentage you think is correct

Question 8 What is the difference in women’s and men’s average hourly pay? The correct answer is 11% 6% 11% 18% Click on the percentage you think is correct

Question 9 What percentage of women work in skilled construction trades? <1%3%5% The correct answer is <1% Click on the percentage you think is correct

Question 10 What percentage of men work in administrative / clerical occupations? The correct answer is 6% 6% 15% Click on the percentage you think is correct

Question 11 How many of Northern Ireland’s 108 MLAs are women? The correct answer is 18 Click on the number you think is correct

Question 12 What percentage of local councillors in Northern Ireland are women? 21% 27% 35% The correct answer is 21% Click on the percentage you think is correct

Question 13 What percentage of government public appointments are women? 22% 32% 42% The correct answer is 32% Click on the percentage you think is correct

Queston 14 In an ECNI survey in 2008 what percentage of people thought that racial discrimination was more common than 5 years previously? The correct answer is 54% 15% 54% Click on the percentage you think is correct

Question 15 In an ECNI survey in 2008, how many people said that they would mind if a relative was in a relationship with a lesbian, gay or bisexual person? The correct answer is 35% 15% 35% Click on the percentage you think is correct

Question 16 The correct answer is 51% In an ECNI survey in 2008, how many people said that they would mind having a Traveller as a neighbour? 20% 51% Click on the percentage you think is correct

Question 17 The correct answer is 28% In an ECNI survey in 2008, how many people said that they would mind if a close relative married a migrant worker? 28% 49% Click on the percentage you think is correct

Question 18 The correct answer is 8% In an ECNI survey in 2008, how many people said that they would mind if a close relative married someone of a different religion? 8% 27% Click on the percentage you think is correct

Question 19 The correct answer is mental ill health In an ECNI survey in 2008, which type of disability would people most mind a relative having? Physical Mental ill health Learning disability Click on the disability you think is correct

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