In Ireland, 43.9% of women were at risk of poverty in 2017, before income from pensions and social transfers was taken into account, compared to 41.2% of men.
The at risk of poverty rate, after social transfers and pensions, was 16.5% for women and 14.7% for men.
The lowest at risk of poverty rates in the EU in 2017, after pensions and social transfers, were in Czechia at 10.7% for women and 7.6% for men.
The highest at risk of poverty rate for women, after pensions and social transfers, was in Bulgaria at 24.9% and the highest for men was in Romania at 22.9%.
People in employment had a lower at risk of poverty rate in 2018, at 5.3% for men and 4.9% for women, and these rates were very similar to the rates in 2013.
Unemployed people had the highest at risk of poverty rates in 2018. For men, the at risk of poverty rate was 43.1% in 2018, compared with 38.2% in 2013, an increase of almost five percentage points. Women who are unemployed had an at risk of poverty rate of 49% in 2018, a rise of almost 16 percentage points since 2013.
The at risk of poverty rate for males in 2018 was 13.4%, dropping from the 2013 rate of 15.8%. For females, the at risk of poverty rate in 2018 of 16.3% was slightly higher than the 2013 rate of 16%.
The highest at risk of poverty rate in 2018 was for those aged 65 and over, with 15.2% of men and 24.6% of women in this age group at risk of poverty.
Children aged under 18 years of age had at risk of poverty rates slightly above the overall rate.
Men and women aged between 25 and 49 had at risk of poverty rates below the overall rates.
The number of males and females in the usually resident population who described themselves as Roman Catholic decreased between 2011 and 2016.
In 2011 85.9% of females were Roman Catholic but this had dropped to 80.3% by 2016 while 83.4% of males were Roman Catholic in 2011 but this decreased to 77.3% by 2016.
There was an increase in the numbers of people with no religion between 2011 and 2016. Over this time period the number of males with no religion increased from 6.7% to 10.8% while the number of females increased from 4.7% to 8.5%.
In the population usually resident in Ireland in 2016, 80.3% of females and 77.3% of males described themselves as Roman Catholic.
Just over half of males (53.4%) and females (56.6%) with 'Other EU' nationality were Roman Catholic compared to more than eight out of ten Irish males (82.4%) and females (85.1%).
Around a quarter of males (27.3%) and females (25.3%) with 'Non EU' nationality did not state their religion compared just 1.4% of Irish males and 1.2% of Irish females.
Irish residents with non-EU nationality had varied religions - 14.4% of males and 9.6% of females described themselves as Muslim while around an eighth stated they had no religion, (12.4% of males and 13.7% of females).
