NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2008
Module:Attitudes_to_Minority_Ethnic_People
Variable:MIGWRK7

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 make Northern Ireland open to new ideas and cultures.

	%
Strongly agree	10
Agree	55
Neither agree nor disagree	17
Disagree	15
Strongly disagree	2
Don't know	0

Go to results for men and women, people of different ages and people of different religions.
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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Strongly agree	11	9
Agree	56	55
Neither agree nor disagree	14	20
Disagree	15	15
Strongly disagree	3	1
Don't know	0	1

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Strongly agree	8	13	12	10	9	8
Agree	57	54	57	57	61	47
Neither agree nor disagree	14	17	12	15	18	25
Disagree	21	12	18	14	11	16
Strongly disagree	0	5	1	3	1	3
Don't know	0	0	0	1	0	1

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Strongly agree 13 7 15
Agree 62 51 54
Neither agree nor disagree 13 22 13
Disagree 11 19 16
Strongly disagree 2 2 2
Don't know 0 1 0

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