NI Life and Times Survey - 2005: INFOISLM

Year: 2005
Module: Attitudes to Minority Ethnic People
Variable: INFOISLM

Thinking about how much or how little you know about the religion of Islam and Muslims who follow that religion, what would you say was your main source of information?

	%
Newspapers and TV	86
Books	3
I am a Muslim myself	<1
Family members who are Muslim	<1
Friends or acquaintances who are Muslim	6
Other (please specify)	3
Don't know	2

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Newspapers and tv	87	84
Books	4	3
I am a Muslim myself	<1	1
Family members who are Muslim	<1	1
Friends or acquaintances who are Muslim	5	6
Other (please specify)	3	3
Don't know	1	3

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Newspapers and tv	80	86	85	88	86	89
Books	4	1	2	4	4	3
I am a Muslim myself	1	1	0	1	0	0
Family members who are Muslim	1	<1	1	0	0	<1
Friends or acquaintances who are Muslim	10	7	9	2	5	0
Other (please specify)	4	4	3	3	3	2
Don't know	2	1	1	1	2	6

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Newspapers and tv 88 87 77
Books 1 3 9
I am a Muslim myself 1 0 0
Family members who are Muslim 1 <1 <1
Friends or acquaintances who are Muslim 4 6 5
Other (please specify) 3 2 6
Don't know 2 2 3

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	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
Newspapers and tv	88	87	77
Books	1	3	9
I am a Muslim myself	1	0	0
Family members who are Muslim	1	<1	<1
Friends or acquaintances who are Muslim	4	6	5
Other (please specify)	3	2	6
Don't know	2	2	3