Women marry farmers, men marry nurses!

 

 

If a farmer married to a nurse seems like one of the classic Irish love matches, that might well be because farming is the largest single male occupation in the country, and nursing is the largest female occupation, according to Central Statistics Office (CSO) staff who have been drilling down into the figures from Census 2016.

Female farmers tend to marry farmers; people in the medical field tend to marry spouses in the same line of work, and gardaí often marry gardaí, the CSO has found.

“It turns out the chances of marrying someone from your own occupation are quite high,” the office stated this week.

“Women who list their occupation as farmers were very likely to be married to male farmers. Female publicans, taxi drivers and gardaí3 were also very likely to be married to their male counterparts.”

When the team looked at each sex and the highest percentage who married outside their occupation it emerged that marriages to farmers dominated.

 

It's a fact

 

Female nurses commonly married farmers (11%), followed by other nurses (4%) and then gardaí (3%).

Female care workers married farmers (10%), followed by lorry drivers (4%) and construction workers (4%).

Female secondary education teachers married farmers (9%) and third level teachers (3%).

Of females who work in national government administrative occupations 8% married farmers, followed by other types of civil servants (6%) and gardaí (3%).

Cleaners were married to construction workers (6%), followed by other cleaners (5%) and lorry drivers (5%).

Personal assistants were married to farmers (6%), followed by managers and directors in manufacturing (3%) and lorry drivers (3%).

Female sales and retail assistants also married within their occupation (5%) with lorry drivers (4%) and farmers (4%) almost equally popular

It is no surprise that females marrying garmers was very common as garmers were the largest single male occupation in the country (32,673). This was followed by lorry drivers (11,441), managers and directors in manufacturing (10,582) and carpenters and joiners (10,558). Managers and directors in retail and wholesale numbered 10,248, followed by construction workers (9,819) and sales accounts and business development managers (9,486). Gardaí accounted for 8,113 of the workforce followed by chartered accountants and taxation experts (8,011). The last occupation in the top 10 male occupations by numbers employed were business sales executives (7,976).

 

Men

The figures showed that men who list their occupation as nursery nurses and assistants were very likely to be married to females of the same occupation. Male nurses and doctors were also very likely to be married to female nurses and doctors.

It should be noted that the top figures can be skewed due to low numbers employed in certain occupations. For example, while 39% of male florists married female florists, there were only 36 married male florists in the 2016 Census.

Overall, the number of males marrying nurses was very common. Nurses and midwives were the largest single female occupation in the country (38,518), followed by sales and retail assistants (31,628), Other administrative occupations (26,116), primary and nursery teachers (23,642) and personal assistants and secretaries (20,199).

Care workers accounted for 19,157 females in the workforce followed by secondary education teachers (15,312), National government administration (12,300) and ceaners (12,257). The final occupation for females in the Top 10 female occupations by numbers employed were that of book-keepers and payroll managers (12,072).

 

Among men who married outside their occupation, marriages to nurses dominate.

Male gardaí married nurses (15%), followed by gardaí (10%) and primary and nursery teachers (8%).

Male farmers were most likely to marry nurses (13%), followed by farmers (12%) and primary teachers (7%).

Male lorry drivers frequently married sales and retail assistants (11%), followed by care workers (7%) and administration workers (6%).

Male retail managers married other retail managers (11%), followed closely by sales and retail assistants (11%) and then nurses (7%).

Of male accountants, 9% married within the profession, but with nurses (8%) and primary and nursery teachers also featuring (7%).

Male carpenters married nurses (8%), followed by sales and retail assistants (7%) and care workers (6%).