Year: 2007
Module:Attitudes_to_Minority_Ethnic_People
Variable:MIGWRK2

The next few questions are about migrant workers, that is, people who come from other countries to work in Northern Ireland, and may or may not stay very long here. There are different opinions about migrant workers in Northern Ireland. How much do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements?
Migrant workers take jobs away from people who were born in Northern Ireland .

 

%

Strongly agree9
Agree33
Neither agree nor disagree16
Disagree36
Strongly disagree6
Don't know1

 

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Results for men and women

%

 MaleFemale
Strongly agree 9 9
Agree 32 34
Neither agree nor disagree 15 16
Disagree 39 34
Strongly disagree 5 6
Don't know 0 1

  

 

Results for people of different ages

%

 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Strongly agree 9 8 8 9 10 10
Agree 42 35 29 28 31 38
Neither agree nor disagree 21 14 15 15 17 15
Disagree 27 35 41 40 37 33
Strongly disagree 2 8 7 8 4 4
Don't know 0 1 0 1 1 1

 

  

Results for people of different religions

%

 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Strongly agree 8 10 8
Agree 29 38 29
Neither agree nor disagree 15 17 11
Disagree 39 32 44
Strongly disagree 8 4 8
Don't know 1 0 0

 

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