NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2009
Module: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	58
Neither agree nor disagree	19
Disagree	11
Strongly disagree	2
Don't know	1

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	10
Agree	56	59
Neither agree nor disagree	19	18
Disagree	11	10
Strongly disagree	2	2
Don't know	1	1

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Strongly agree	13	14	9	12	9	7
Agree	56	56	59	58	59	56
Neither agree nor disagree	21	19	16	17	19	21
Disagree	9	8	14	11	10	12
Strongly disagree	3	2	2	2	1	0
Don't know	0	1	0	0	1	4

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Strongly agree 15 5 14
Agree 60 55 58
Neither agree nor disagree 16 23 14
Disagree 8 13 12
Strongly disagree 1 2 3
Don't know 0 2 0

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