Northern Ireland: employment distribution by social grade and religion1971

Socio-economic inequalities between Northern Ireland's Catholic and Protestant communities in the 1970s were not only reflected in significant differences in unemployment rates, but also in job types. For example, Catholics were more likely to be employed in manual jobs, whereas Protestants were much more likely to have non-manual, so-called "white collar" jobs. This was due to a number of factors, particularly employment discrimination, but also greater access to higher education among Protestants, and a higher concentration of white-collar job opportunities in Protestant areas.

在20世纪70年代，北爱尔兰天主教徒和新教徒社区之间的社会经济不平等不仅体现在失业率方面的显著差异，亦体现在职业类型上。例如，天主教徒更有可能从事体力劳动工作，而新教徒则更有可能获得所谓的“白领”非体力劳动职位。这种现象的成因是多方面的，尤其是就业歧视的影响，同时也与新教徒群体对高等教育的较高获取度以及白领职位机会在 протестантских районах的较高集中度有关。