Year: 2009
Module:Minority_Ethnic_People
Variable:MIGWRK11

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?
People’s perceptions of migrant workers are tainted by the media.

 

%

Strongly agree12
Agree54
Neither agree nor disagree20
Disagree13
Strongly disagree1
Don't know1

 

Go to results for men and women, people of different ages and people of different religions.
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Results for men and women

%

 MaleFemale
Strongly agree 12 12
Agree 51 56
Neither agree nor disagree 22 18
Disagree 14 12
Strongly disagree 1 1
Don't know 1 1

  

 

Results for people of different ages

%

 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Strongly agree 13 12 11 12 18 7
Agree 50 52 59 52 52 56
Neither agree nor disagree 19 23 15 20 17 22
Disagree 13 11 13 14 11 14
Strongly disagree 3 1 2 2 1 0
Don't know 2 0 0 1 2 1

 

  

Results for people of different religions

%

 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Strongly agree 14 8 21
Agree 55 53 51
Neither agree nor disagree 19 23 12
Disagree 11 14 15
Strongly disagree 1 2 1
Don't know 1 1 0

 

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