Attitudes towards Minority Ethnic People

Questions on attitudes towards minority ethnic people were asked in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.
Questions on attitudes towards race and immigration were asked in 2002 within the Community Relations module.
Questions on attitudes towards minority ethnic people were asked in the Attitudes to Minority Ethnic Groups module of the Young Life and Times Survey in 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2009.
Other relevant questions were also asked within the Community Relations module, Cross Community Contact and Attitudes to Minority Ethnic Groups modules of the Young Life and Times survey.

ARK Resources

• Prejudice and Tolerance in Northern Ireland, by Neil Jarman (Research Update 63) is based on data from the 2005-2008 Life and Times Surveys.
• Migration and Migrant Workers in Northern Ireland, by Chris Gilligan (Research Update 53) uses data from the 2006 Life and Times Survey.
  As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science in 2008, this Update was translated into the following languages: Cantonese (346 kb), Polish (232 kb), Portuguese (216 kb), Lithuanian (209 kb)
• Racial Prejudice in Northern Ireland, by Chris Gilligan and Katrina Lloyd (Research Update 44) uses data from the 2005 Life and Times Survey.
• Surveys Online includes tables of results for questions on race from the 1994 Northern Ireland Attitudes Survey.
• Surveys Online also includes tables of results for questions on immigration asked in the 2002 European Social Survey.
• The Online Research Bank contains a bibliography and summaries of policy-related research in Northern Ireland. One of the search terms is 'ethnicity'.
  

Links

• Within Northern Ireland, the Race Relations (NI) Order 1997, as amended, follows closely the provisions of the 1976 Race Relations Act in Britain.
• The mission of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland is to combat discrimination and promote equality of opportunity through advice, promotion and enforcement. Their remit includes race, and their website has a section on publications related to this topic.
• The Racial Equality and Good Relations Unit within the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister aims to promote racial equality in Northern Ireland. The Unit has central responsibility for policy relating to people from minority ethnic backgrounds, and published the Racial Equality Strategy in 2005.
• The Multi-Cultural Resource Centre works as a conduit advocating and promoting human rights and equity through empowerment, collaboration and support of Black and Ethnic Minority communities and individuals in Northern Ireland. Their website includes links to publications.
• The Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minorities provides services and support to ethnic minorities living and working in the north of Ireland.
• The Euroidentities project used biographical methods to study the development of European identity. Coordinated at the Queens University, Belfast, the seven partner teams include large and small nations located both in the peripheries and the geographical core of Europe.

Maintained by Paula Devine