Year: 2007
Module:Attitudes_to_Minority_Ethnic_People
Variable:MIGWRK3

The next few questions are about migrant workers, that is, people who come from other countries to work in Northern Ireland, and may or may not stay very long here. There are different opinions about migrant workers in Northern Ireland. How much do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements?
Migrant workers mostly take up jobs that Northern Ireland workers don’t want

 

%

Strongly agree18
Agree59
Neither agree nor disagree11
Disagree11
Strongly disagree1
Don't know1

 

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Results for men and women

%

 MaleFemale
Strongly agree 17 18
Agree 61 58
Neither agree nor disagree 10 11
Disagree 10 12
Strongly disagree 1 1
Don't know 1 1

  

 
Results for people of different ages

%

 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Strongly agree 22 16 16 16 18 19
Agree 47 59 64 58 61 61
Neither agree nor disagree 17 9 12 12 8 8
Disagree 12 13 7 13 12 9
Strongly disagree 1 1 1 1 1 1
Don't know 0 1 0 0 0 2

 

  

Results for people of different religions

%

 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Strongly agree 18 16 23
Agree 59 61 54
Neither agree nor disagree 9 11 12
Disagree 11 11 10
Strongly disagree 2 1 1
Don't know 1 0 1

 

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