Year: 2008
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 agree10
Agree36
Neither agree nor disagree16
Disagree32
Strongly disagree6
Don't know0

 

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Results for men and women

%

 MaleFemale
Strongly agree 11 10
Agree 35 36
Neither agree nor disagree 15 17
Disagree 32 32
Strongly disagree 7 5
Don't know 1 0

  

 
Results for people of different ages

%

 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Strongly agree 16 11 8 8 7 13
Agree 41 31 35 38 38 35
Neither agree nor disagree 24 19 16 13 17 12
Disagree 17 31 32 34 34 36
Strongly disagree 2 8 9 6 4 3
Don't know 0 0 0 0 0 1

 

  

Results for people of different religions

%

 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Strongly agree 10 12 4
Agree 31 40 36
Neither agree nor disagree 17 15 17
Disagree 35 29 35
Strongly disagree 8 4 7
Don't know 0 1 0

 

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