Year: 2002
Module:Political Attitudes
Variable:REFUNIFY

Suppose there was a referendum tomorrow on the future of Northern Ireland and you were being asked to vote on whether Northern Ireland should unify with the Republic of Ireland. Would you vote 'yes' to unify with the Republic or 'no'?

 

%

Yes, should unify with the Republic27
No, should not unify with the Republic54
(Would not vote)6
(Not eligible to vote)0
(Refused)1
(Other answer)1
(Don't know)10

 

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Results for men and women

 

%

  MaleFemale
Yes, should unify with the Republic 28 27
No, should not unify with the Republic 57 51
(Would not vote) 6 7
(Not eligible to vote) 0 1
(Refused) 1 1
(Other answer) 1 1
(Don't know) 7 13

  

 

Results for people of different ages

 

%

  18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Yes, should unify with the Republic 39 28 26 31 23 22
No, should not unify with the Republic 40 52 54 51 61 60
(Would not vote) 8 6 9 5 7 4
(Not eligible to vote) 1 1 0 1 0 0
(Refused) 0 1 1 1 1 1
(Other answer) 2 1 1 2 1 1
(Don't know) 11 11 9 11 7 12

 

  

Results for people of different religions

 

%

  CatholicProtestantNo religion
Yes, should unify with the Republic 58 3 18
No, should not unify with the Republic 20 83 52
(Would not vote) 5 6 16
(Not eligible to vote) 0 0 2
(Refused) 1 1 0
(Other answer) 2 1 2
(Don't know) 15 6 9

 

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