With International Equal Pay Day being celebrated on the 18th of September, 62% of adults think there are large gaps in pay to women compared to men. 19% of those think there are huge gaps.
39% of respondents agree that Ireland has lower gaps in pay to women versus pay to men, compared to the rest of Europe. 11% strongly agree that Ireland has lower gaps.
- 71% of adults think that supporting such a day as Worldwide Equal Pay Day in Ireland is important to raise awareness of pay gaps between men and women.
- 20% of adults have directly experienced pay to men being higher than pay to women in equal roles. 36% have heard of such experiences from family members or friends.
- 41% of adults think pay gaps are getting smaller between women and men in recent years. However, 52% think pay gaps are the same as in the recent past.
- 12% watched the matches at work as the matches were shown on Workplace TVs. 3% of adults had employers who allowed them to watch the matches but they didn’t watch.
- Of those who have experienced issues with lower pay to women compared to men, 50% say the gap was around 20% or lower. 20% say the gap was around 30% or lower.
Questions asked:
Q1: On a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is you think there is no gap in Pay to men compared to women to 10, where you think there are huge gaps in pay to women compared to men?
Q2: Do you agree or disagree that Ireland has lower gaps in pay to women versus pay to men, compared to the rest of Europe?
Q3: Do you agree or disagree that supporting such a day (Worldwide Equal pay day) in Ireland is important to raise awareness of Pay Gaps between men and women?
Q4: Have you directly or indirectly seen pay to men being higher than pay to women in equal roles?
Q5: You have experienced such issues with lower pay to women compared to men in equal roles, are such gaps getting smaller or shrinking in recent years?
Q6: You have experienced such issues with lower pay to women compared to men in equal roles, how much was this gap (estimate percentage difference)?
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About iReach Insights
iReach Insights provides a range of research and market intelligence services in Ireland and Europe. iReach has built a Consumer Decisions Research Panel of 40,000 members in Ireland, delivering robust research insights. The survey questions were included in the Nationally Representative iReach Consumer Decisions Omnibus run between the 17th – 25th of August and has a 3% Confidence Interval and 95% Confidence Level. 310 Gen Z Consumers took part in this part of the Omnibus Survey.
