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  ISSP Ireland - 2003

Year: 2003
Module: National_Identity
Variable: V53

Question: There are different opinions about immigrants from other countries living in Ireland. How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
Immigrants improve Irish society by bringing in new ideas and cultures.

Index to tables on this page

  1. % of men and women
  2. % of people of different ages.
  3. % of people of different religions.

Overall Results %
Agree strongly5
Agree50
Neither agree nor disagree14
Disagree24
Disagree strongly4
Cannot choose3
Not answered0


Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Agree strongly 6 4
Agree 45 54
Neither agree nor disagree 18 11
Disagree 26 23
Disagree strongly 4 4
Cannot choose 1 5
Not answered 1 0

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18 - 2425 - 3435 - 4445 - 5455 - 6465+
Agree strongly 3 5 7 7 2 4
Agree 55 51 58 45 44 42
Neither agree nor disagree 12 18 17 8 15 13
Disagree 22 23 15 33 27 28
Disagree strongly 4 1 2 5 8 4
Cannot choose 6 0 0 1 3 10
Not answered 0 1 0 0 0 0

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Agree strongly 4 * 14
Agree 49 * 56
Neither agree nor disagree 14 * 13
Disagree 26 * 7
Disagree strongly 4 * 1
Cannot choose 3 0 10
Not answered 1 0 0
* indicates that the number of people in this category is
too small to allow percentages to be calculated.

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