Id number
Age of respondent
Age - categorised
Sex of SELECTED respondent
Intro Q1 Number in household
Number of Adults (aged 18+) in the household
Intro Q2 Martial Status of SELECTED respondent
Intro Q2a Is the respondent living with someone as a couple in the household
Household tenure
Accommodation go with job of anyone in household?
Who is your landlord?
Is your accommodation furnished?
Respondent: current employment status
Respondent: employment status
Background Your Economic Activity
Highest educational qualification
Age when completed continuous full-time education
Respondent: Socio Economic Group
Respondent: number of hours worked per week
Respondent: employed or self employed
Respondent: sector
NS Socio Economic Classification - respondent
Partner: current employment status
Partner: employment status
Background Partner Economic Activity
Partner: number of hours worked per week
Partner: employed or self employed
Partner: sector
Partner: Socio Economic Group
NS Socio Economic Classification - partner
Religion - categorised
How often do you attend church services/meetings?
Did you attend a mixed or integrated school in Northern Ireland?
Was this a formally integrated school?
Contact with other community before integrated school
Child in care attended mixed/integrated school in NI
Care for someone in your home
Care for someone outside your home
Self assessed health over past year
Does respondent have longstanding illness, disability or infirmity
Does illness or disability limit respondent's activities
Has respondent ever had long term illness affecting their activities?
Personal income before tax and National Insurance contributions
Total income of household
How long have you lived where you live now?
Describe place where you live
Lived outside NI for more than six months
Lived elsewhere in UK for more than six months
Lived in Republic of Ireland for more than six months
Lived outside British Isles for more than 6 months
Household income kept up with prices?
Access to internet from this address
Do you use internet for any reason?
Are older people treated better or worse than general population because of their age?
As you get older, do people treat you with more or less respect?
Do NI authorities do all they should for older people?
Are older people adequately represented by NI politicians?
Do older people need a body to champion their needs and rights?
Problem facing older people: making ends meet
Problem facing older people: fear of crime
Problem facing older people: loneliness
Problem facing older people: isolation
Problem facing older people: transport
Problem facing older people: lack of respect
Problem facing older people: keeping warm in winter
Problem facing older people: getting employment
Problem facing older people: access to healthcare
Problem facing older people: access to suitable housing
Problem facing older people: boredom
Problem facing older people: elder abuse
Problem facing older people: all of these
Problem facing older people: don't know
Problem facing older people: other
Older people are admired and respected by young people
People in 50s should give up work for younger people
People in 60s should give up work for younger people
Older people are too set in their ways
Older people are not willing to listen to views of young people
Older people should stand up more actively for their rights
Older and younger people should mix socially
All older people should have reduced prices for gas, phone etc
Older people are much younger in their ways
Society does not recognise contribution of older people
Health and social care workers treat older people differently in their attitudes
Health and social care workers treat older people differently in their treatment
Health and social care workers treat older people differently on waiting lists
50+: you treated with less dignity by health/social care because of your age
50+: you not offered medical treatment because of your age
Friend or relative treated with less dignity by health/social care because of age
Friend or relative not offered medical treatment because of age
People in 50s/60s treated worse by prospective employers
People 50s-retirement treated fairly by financial sector
People over retirement treated fairly by financial sector
50+: you not treated fairly by financial sector because of age
Friend or relative not treated fairly by financial sector because of age
Should people over retirement age be encouraged to stay in paid employment?
Older workers discriminated in job recruitment
Older workers discriminated in job promotion
Older workers discriminated in job training
Older workers discriminated in status
50+: you not treated fairly by employer because of age
Friend or relative not treated fairly by employer because of age
Under retirement age: work part time
16 or 50 year old get a plumbing apprenticeship
Young father or man of 70 get heart by-pass
Pension of £90.70 a reasonable deal
How adequate is financial provision by state for pensioners?
Age someone is an 'older person'
Unpaid work: raising or handling money
Unpaid work: leading group or committee member
Unpaid work: organising event
Unpaid work: visiting people
Unpaid work: befriending or mentoring
Unpaid work: coaching
Unpaid work: giving advice
Unpaid work: secretarial
Unpaid work: transport
Unpaid work: representing
Unpaid work: promotion
Unpaid work: campaigning
Unpaid work: other practical help
Unpaid work: helping in church
Unpaid work: collecting things to be sold
Unpaid work: teaching
Unpaid work: selling tickets
Unpaid work: working with young people
Unpaid work: working in charity shop
Aware of media campaigns on behalf of older people in last 12 months
Aware of programmes to encourage older people into activities for younger people
Have you heard of Age Awareness week?
Have you heard of Older and Bolder initiative?
Relations between Protestants and Catholics compared to 5 years ago
Relations between Protestants and Catholics in next 5 years
Prefer mixed or own religion neighbourhood
Prefer mixed or own religion workplace
Prefer mixed or own religion school
National identity
How important is national identity?
Most people mind if relative marry someone of different religion
You mind if relative marry someone of different religion
What flag should fly outside public buildings on special occasions?
Intimidated by republican murals in last year
Annoyed by republican murals in last year
More or less republican murals than 5 years ago
Intimidated by loyalist murals in last year
More or less loyalist murals than 5 years ago
Support flag flying on lampposts in your own neighbourhood
More union flags on lampposts than 5 years ago
Avoid workplaces in mainly Protestant area
Avoid workplaces in mainly Catholic area
Is your workplace a neutral space?
Is your neighbourhood a neutral space?
Are shops where you do weekly shopping a neutral space?
Are your local shops a neutral space?
Can you be open about your cultural identity in your workplace?
Can you be open about your cultural identity in your neighbourhood?
Can your children be open about their cultural identity in their school?
How many friends are same religion as you?
How many relatives are same religion as you?
How many neighbours are same religion as you?
How favourable are you about people from Catholic community?
How favourable are you about people from Protestant community?
How do you understand about culture of Catholic community?
How do you understand about culture of Protestant community?
How much respect do you have for culture of Catholic community?
How much respect do you have for culture of Protestant community?
Target achieve: NI normal civic society
Target achieve: NI free from sectarian agression
Target achieve: towns safe and welcoming
Target achieve: schools prepare for life in diverse society
Target achieve: schools encourage understanding of history
Target achieve: government encourage integrated schools
Target achieve: government encourage schools to share facilities
Target achieve: government encourage shared communities
Catholics treated unfairly
Protestants treated unfairly
Gays/lesbians/bi-sexuals treated unfairly
disabled treated unfairly
Elderly treated unfairly
Travellers treated unfairly
Other ethnic minorities treated unfairly
Women treated unfairly
Men treated unfairly
Children treated unfairly
None of these treated unfairly
Don't know who treated unfairly
Consider yourself member of a minority ethnic community
Level of prejudice in NI against people from minority ethnic communities
Level of racial prejudice in NI compared with 5 years ago
Level of racial prejduice in NI in next 5 years
Group most prejudice against
In relation to colour and ethnicity, I prefer to stick with people of my own kind
Prefer company of same or different ethnic background to me
Accept Irish Traveller living in house in local areas
Accept Irish Traveller as a colleague
Accept Irish Traveller as a close friend
Accept Irish Traveller as a relative
Accept Eastern European as a tourst to NI
Accept Eastern European as resident of NI
Accept Eastern European as a resident in local area
Accept Eastern European as a colleague
Accept Eastern European as a close friend
Accept Eastern European as a relative
Accept other ethnic group as a tourist to NI
Accept other ethnic group as resident of NI
Accept other ethnic group as a resident in local area
Accept other ethnic group as a colleague
Accept other ethnic group as a close friend
Accept other ethnic group as a relative
Are you a Muslim?
Accept a Muslim as a tourist to NI
Accept a Muslim as resident of NI
Accept a Muslim as a resident in local area
Accept a Muslim as a colleague
Accept a Muslim as a close friend
Accept a Muslim as a relative
Q13: Friends from Black background
Q13: Friends from Chinese background
Q13: Friends from S Asian background
Q13: Friends from Irish Traveller background
Q13: Friends from Portuguese background
Q13: Friends from Polish background
Q13: Friends from Bulgarian background
Q13: Friends from Romanian background
Q13: Friends from other E European background
Q13: Friends from Filipino background
Q13: Friends from other background
Q13: No friends from following background
Q13: Friends from following background - Don't know
Q14: Contacts at work from Black background
Q14: Contacts at work from Chinese background
Q14: Contacts at work from S Asian background
Q14: Contacts at work from Irish Traveller background
Q14: Contacts at work from Portuguese background
Q14: Contacts at work from Polish background
Q14: Contacts at work from Bulgarian background
Q14: Contacts at work from Romanian background
Q14: Contacts at work from other E European background
Q14: Contacts at work from Filipino background
Q14: Contacts at work from other background
Q14: No contacts at work from following background
Q14: Contacts at work from following background - Don't know
Q15: Neighbours from Black background
Q15: Neighbours from Chinese background
Q15: Neighbours from S Asian background
Q15: Neighbours from Irish Traveller background
Q15: Neighbours from Portuguese background
Q15: Neighbours from Polish background
Q15: Neighbours from Bulgarian background
Q15: Neighbours from Romanian background
Q15: Neighbours from other E European background
Q15: Neighbours from Filipino background
Q15: Neighbours from other background
Q15: No neighbours from following background
Q15: Neighbours from following background - Don't know
Frequency of direct contact with people from different backgrounds
Type of contact with people from different backgrounds
Are you prejudiced against people of minority ethnic communities?
Behaviour consistent with feelings towards minority ethnic people
Opinion of minority ethnic people changed
All schools should teach about background and culture of people form minority ethnic communities
Do you welcome the right to live in any other part of EU?
Do you welcome the right of EU citizens to live in NI?
Migrant workers good for NI economy
Migrant workers take jobs from people born in NI
Migrang workers take jobs NI workers do not want
Migrant workers good for NI as shortage of medical staff
Migrant workers means shortage of local housing
Migrant workers make NI open to new ideas
Migrant workers put strain on NHS
Migrant workers put strain on schools
Migrant workers come to NI just to get benefits
Perceptions of migrant workers trainted by media
Consider yourself a migrant worker
Political party feel closest to
Unionist, nationalist or neither
How strong a unionist or nationalist?
Long-term policy for Northern Ireland
Accept if majority in NI voted for United Ireland
Accept if majority in NI never voted for United Ireland
How much trust in politicians
Satisfied with way NI MLAs are doing their job
Is NI Assembly giving ordinary people a say?
Is the economy in NI better over last 10 years
Is health care provision in NI better over last 10 years
Is education provision in NI better over last 10 years
How much has NI Assembly achieved?
Trust minister from DUP to act in best interest of all people in NI?
Trust minister from Sinn Féin to act in best interest of all people in NI?
Trust minister from SDLP to act in best interest of all people in NI?
Trust minister from UUP to act in best interest of all people in NI?
Have political changes in NI since 1998 benefited everyone equally?
Did you vote in last general election - March 2007?
Relations between Protestants and Catholics through mixing or separation?
In favour of separation in primary schools
In favour of separation in sec/grammar schools
In favour of separation where people live
In favour of separation where people work
In favour of separation in leisure/sports activities
In favour of separation in marriages
Union flags on lampposts put up by Town Councils
Union flags on lampposts put up by political parties
Union flags on lampposts put up by cultural groups
Union flags on lampposts put up by paramilitary groups
Union flags on lampposts put up by other community groups
Union flags on lampposts put up by isolated individuals
Don't know who puts Union flags on lampposts
Irish Tricolour flags on lampposts put up by Town Councils
Irish Tricolour flags on lampposts put up by political parties
Irish Tricolour flags on lampposts put up by cultural groups
Irish Tricolour flags on lampposts put up by paramilitary groups
Irish Tricolour flags on lampposts put up by other community groups
Irish Tricolour flags on lampposts put up by isolated individuals
Don't know who puts Irish Tricolour flags on lampposts
When is it legitimate to display Union flags on main streets?
When is it legitimate to dispaly Irish Tricolours on main streets?
Willingness to shop in neighbourhoods with loyalist flags?
Willingness to shop in neighbourhoods with republican flags?
Comfortable with E European neighbour
Comfortable with E European dentist
Comfortable with E European nurse
Comfortable with nurse from minority ethnic group
Minority ethnic comunities less respected
I know about culture of some minority ethnic communities
Culture of Irish Travellers more respected
Do minority ethnic communities participate as school governors?
Do minority ethnic communities participate as politicans?
Do minority ethnic communities participate as prominent business people
Do minority ethnic communities participate as religious leaders?
Do minority ethnic communities participate as media commentators?
Public organisations should encourage minority ethnic communities to participate
How happy or unhappy are you?
Sex before marriage
Sex other than husband or wife
Sex between two adults of same sex
Abortion wrong if chance of serious defect in baby
Abortion wrong if family cannot afford more children
Husband's job to earn money; wife's job to look after home and family
Can people be trusted?
Confidence in parliament at Westmister
Confidence in business and industry
Confidence in churches and religious organisations
Confidence in courts and legal system
Confidence in schools and educational system
Experience of life: living in different places
Religions leaders should not influence how people vote
Religious leaders should not influence government decisions
Science does more harm than good
We trust too much in science and not in religious faith
Religions bring more conflict than peace
People with religious beliefs are too intolerant of others
Do churches have too much power?
All religious groups in NI should have equal rights
We must respect all religions
Accept person from different religion marrying your relative
Accept person from different religion being candidate
Religious extremists be allowed to hold public meetigns to express view
Religious extremists be allowed to publish books expressing views
What you belief about God
Describe belief in God
Belief in life after death
Belief in heaven
Belief in hell
Self Comp Q33d
Belief in reincarnation
Belief in nirvana
Belief in supernatural powers of deceased ancestors
God concerns himself with everyone personally
Little people can do to change course of their lives
Life is meaningful because God exists
Life does not serve any purpose
Life only meaningful if you provide meaning yourself
I have my own way of connecting with God without churches
Mother attend religiouns services when you were a child
Father attend religious services when you were a child
You attend religious services when aged 11 or 12
How often do you pray?
Frequency of church activities other than services
Shrine/Altar etc at home
Frequency of visit holy place for religiuos reasons
Are you religious?
Follow religion and/or spiritual
Truth in religion
Practicing a religion helps people find inner peace and happiness
Practicing a religion helps people make friends
Practicing a religion helps people gain comfort in times of trouble
Practicing a religion helps people meet the right kind of people
Mother religious when you were a child
Father religious when you were a child
Is spouse/partner religious?
How important was religion in your upbringing?
How important was religion in upbringing of your children?
How important is religion in your daily life?
Is God directly involved in your affairs?
Is God angered by human sin?
Should religious groups have own schools?
Ban books/films offending people with strong religious beliefs
Approve of cloning best farm animals to improve breeding stock
Allow scientists to use cells from human embryons for medical research
Is an embryo a human being at moment of conception?
Doctors be allowed to end a patient's life if they request it?
Are women treated equally or change in status gone too far?
Approve of laws treating same-sex partnerships like marriage
Approve of same-sex couples adopting children
Allow people working with public to dress in way that shows their religion
Immigration is a threat to our national identity
Nearly all Muslims living in NI really want to fit in
Self-assessed left/right political views
Highest priority for country in next 10 years
Next highest priority for country in next 10 years
Weight factor
Family religion (background module) - categorised
Mother's religion - recoded
Father's religion - recoded
Family religion (Rel Ob module) - recoded