Northern Ireland Young Life and Times Survey: 2022

NOTE: The 2022 YLT survey was undertaken in two versions. Not all respondents were asked all questions. The question on religious identity was only included in Version 1. As such, a breakdown of results by religious identity is only provided where this is possible and only includes respondents from survey Version 1. See our technical notes for more information.

Year: 2022
Module: Identity
Variable: NATIDIMP

Some people feel very strongly about their NATIONAL identity, that is, whether they feel British or Irish or something else. Other people say that their national identity is not important to them. How important is your national identity to you?

	%
Very important	18
Quite important	26
Neither important nor unimportant	25
Not very important	16
Not at all important	12
I don't know	2

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

	%
	Male	Female
Very important	19	18
Quite important	30	24
Neither important nor unimportant	22	28
Not very important	15	16
Not at all important	12	11
I don't know	3	2

Results for people of different religions

	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
Very important	28	21	8
Quite important	34	29	18
Neither important nor unimportant	23	27	26
Not very important	9	13	24
Not at all important	4	8	22
I don't know	2	2	2

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