Select Committee on Northern Ireland Affairs Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence - Fourth Report


Annex B

CHANGE IN COMPOSITION OF NORTHERN IRELAND WORKFORCE BY OCCUPATION 1990-98 (PUBLIC SECTOR AND PRIVATE SECTOR CONCERNS WITH 26 OR MORE EMPLOYEES)

1990  % 1997  % 1998  %
ProtestantCatholic ProtestantCatholic ProtestantCatholic
Managers and Administrators69.5 30.563.536.5 62.837.2
Professional66.633.4 59.440.658.2 41.8
Associate professional and technical59.9 40.157.742.3 57.043.0
Clerical and secretarial65.8 34.260.739.3 60.539.5
Craft and skilled manual65.7 34.364.235.8 64.635.4
Personal and protective services71.5 28.568.032.0 67.932.1
Sales66.733.3 59.740.358.7 41.3
Plant and machine operatives61.5 38.557.642.4 57.542.5
Other61.238.8 59.041.059.0 41.0
Total65.1 34.961.238.8 60.939.1
Note: Percentages based on those for whom a community has been determined.




 
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