Identification number
Weight factor
Intro Q3: How long have you lived in the town (city, village) where you live now?
Intro Q4: How would you describe the place where you live?
Intro Q5: Have you ever lived outside of Northern Ireland for more than six months?
Intro Q5a: Was that elsewhere in the United Kingdom?
Intro Q5b: ....in the Republic of Ireland?
Intro Q5c: ....or outside the British Isles?
Intro Q6: Looking back over the last year or so, would you say that your household s income has.....
Intro Q7: Does anyone have access to the internet or World Wide Web from this address?
Intro Q8: Do you yourself ever use the internet or World Wide Web for any reason (other than your work)?
Attitudes to Disability Q1: Do you have a long-standing physical or mental health condition or disability?
Attitudes to Disability Q2: Does this condition or disability have a substantial adverse effect on your ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities?
Attitudes to Disability Q3: Generally speaking, do you think there is a lot of prejudice in the UK against disabled people in general, a little, hardly any or none?
Attitudes to Disability Q4: Out of every 100 people living in the UK, how many do you think are disabled?
Attitudes to Disability Q5a: Person with sensory impairment move next door
Attitudes to Disability Q5b: Person with physical disability move next door
Attitudes to Disability Q5c: Person with mental health condition move next door
Attitudes to Disability Q5d: Person with learning disability move next door
Attitudes to Disability Q6a: Person with sensory impairment appointed as your boss
Attitudes to Disability Q6b: Person with physical disability appointed as your boss
Attitudes to Disability Q6c: Person with mental health condition appointed as your boss
Attitudes to Disability Q6d: Person with learning disability appointed as your boss
Attitudes to Disability Q7a: Person with sensory impairment marry/have family a relative
Attitudes to Disability Q7b: Person with physical disability marry/have family with a relative
Attitudes to Disability Q7c: Person with mental health condition marry/have family with a relative
Attitudes to Disability Q7d: Person with learning disability marry/have family with a relative
Attitudes to Disability Q8: Thinking about disabled people in general, how much of the time, if at all, do you think they can lead as full a life as non-disabled people?
Attitudes to Disability Q9: You have said that in general disabled people cannot always lead as full a life as non-disabled people. Why do you think this is?
Attitudes to Disability Q10a: ...at you local shops. What do you think most people would feel if somebody referred to disabled people in a negative way?
Attitudes to Disability Q10b: ...with your close friends? What do you think most people would feel if somebody referred to disabled people in a negative way?
Attitudes to Disability Q10c: ...at work - in front of your boss? What do you think most people would feel if somebody referred to disabled people in a negative way?
Attitudes to Disability Q10d: ...at work - in front of your colleagues? What do you think most people would feel if somebody referred to disabled people in a negative way?
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
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
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
Minority Ethnic People: Could you please indicate whether you agree with the following statements about people from Eastern Europe?
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 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
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
Romanian attacks: I feel ashamed that such attacks are happening
Romanian attacks: I don't agree with attacks but sympathise with reasons
Romanian attacks: I totally condemn these kinds of racist attacks
Romanian attacks: I don't have any symmpathy for those Romanians
Political party support
Political Attitudes Q2: Generally speaking, do you think of yourself as a unionist, a nationalist or neither?
Political Attitudes Q2a: Would you call yourself a very strong unionist/nationalist, fairly strong, or not very strong?
Political Attitudes Q3: Do you think the long-term policy for Northern Ireland should be for it....
Political Attitudes Q4a: If the majority of people in Northern Ireland ever voted to become part of a United Ireland do you think you..
Political Attitudes Q4b: If the majority of people in Northern Ireland never voted to become part of a United Ireland do you think you...
Political Attitudes Q5: How much would you say you trust politicians generally?
Political Attitudes Q6: And are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Northern Ireland MLAs are doing their job?
Political Attitudes Q7: From what you have seen and heard so far, do you think that having a Northern Ireland Assembly is giving ordinary people...
Political Attitudes Q9: Overall, do you think that the Northern Ireland Assembly has achieved...
Political Attitudes Q12: Can I just check, did you vote in the last general election, that is the one held on 7th March 2007?
Sex of respondent
Age of respondent
Age - categorised
May I ask your martial status?
May I just check, are you currently living with someone in this household as a couple
Household tenure
Accommodation go with job of anyone in household?
Who is your landlord?
Is your accommodation furnished?
Highest educational qualification
Age when completed continuous full-time education
Respondent: current employment status
Respondent: employment status
Background Economic Activity
Background Q9g: What was the main reason you did not seek any work in the last 4 weeks, or would not be able to start in the next 2 weeks
Respondent: number of hours worked per week
Respondent: employed or self employed
Respondent: sector
NS Socio Economic Classification - respondent
Major Occupational Group ISCO88
Respondent: Socio Economic Group
Background: (May I just check) are you now a member of a trade union or staff association?
Background: Have you ever been a member of a trade union or staff association?
Partner: current employment status
Partner: employment status
Background Economic Activity Partner
Background Q9g: Partner: What was the main reason you did not seek any work in the last 4 weeks, or would not be able to start in the next 2 weeks
Partner: number of hours worked per week
Partner: employed or self employed
Partner: sector
NS Socio Economic Classification - partner
Partners Major Occupational Group ISCO88
Partner: Socio Economic Group
Background: Partner : (May I just check) are you now a member of a trade union or staff association?
Background: Partner: Have you ever been a member of a trade union or staff association?
Religion - categorised
Family religion (background module) - categorised
Partner's religion - recoded
Background Q22: Apart from special occasions such as weddings, funerals, baptisms and so on, how often nowadays do you attend services or meetings connected with your religion?
Background Q23: Did you ever attend a mixed or integrated school in Northern Ireland, that is, a school with fairly large number of both Catholic and Protestant children?
Background Q24: Was this a formally integrated school or was it a school that was just fairly mixed?
Background Q25: How much contact did you have with the other main religious community before attending your first mixed or integrated school.
Background Q26: And has any child in your care ever attended a mixed or integrated school in Northern Ireland, with fairly large numbers of both Catholics and Protestants attending?
Care for someone in your home
Care for someone outside your home
Personal income before tax and National Insurance contributions
Total income of household
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
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
Do you think of disabled people in general as getting in the way?
Do you think of disabled people in general with discomfort and awkwardness?
Do you think of disabled people in general as needing to be cared for?
Do you think of disabled people in general as the same as everyone else?
Do you think of disabled people in general as nto as productive as non-disabled people?
Have equal rights to disabled people gone too far or not far enough?
Self Completion Q8a: How often do you do each of the following activities in your free time? ...Watch TV, DVD, videos?
Self Completion Q8b: How often do you do each of the following activities in your free time? ...Go to the movies?
Self Completion Q8c: How often do you do each of the following activities in your free time? ...Go out shopping?
Self Completion Q8d: How often do you do each of the following activities in your free time? ...Read books?
Self Completion Q8e: How often do you do each of the following activities in your free time? ...Attend cultural events such as concerts, live theatre, exhibitions?
Self Completion Q8f: How often do you do each of the following activities in your free time? ...Get together with relatives
Self Completion Q8g: How often do you do each of the following activities in your free time? ...Get together with friends?
Self Completion Q8h: How often do you do each of the following activities in your free time? ...Play cards or board games?
Self Completion Q8i: How often do you do each of the following activities in your free time? ...Listen to music?
Self Completion Q8j: How often do you do each of the following activities in your free time? ...Take part in physical activities such as sports, going to the gym, going for a walk?
Self Completion Q8k: How often do you do each of the following activities in your free time? ...Attend sporting events as a spectator?
Self Completion Q8l: How often do you do each of the following activities in your free time? ...Do handicrafts such as neede work, wood work, etc
Self Completion Q8m: How often do you do each of the following activities in your free time? ...Spend time on the internet/PC
Self Completion Q9a: When you are involved in free time activities to what extent do they enable you ...To be the kind of person you really are?
Self Completion Q9b: When you are involved in free time activities to what extent do they enable you ...To strengthen your relationships with other people?
Self Completion Q10a: Please indicate how much enjoyment you get from the following free time activities ...Reading books?
Self Completion Q10b: Please indicate how much enjoyment you get from the following free time activities ...Getting together with friends
Self Completion Q10c: Please indicate how much enjoyment you get from the following free time activities ...Taking part in physical activities such as sports, going to the gym, going for a walk?
Self Completion Q10d: Please indicate how much enjoyment you get from the following free time activities ...Watching TV, DV
Self Completion Q11a: For each of the following, please indicate how often you use your free time to... establish useful contacts
Self Completion Q11b: For each of the following, please indicate how often you use your free time to... relax and recover
Self Completion Q11c: For each of the following, please indicate how often you use your free time to... try to learn or develop skills
Self Completion Q12a: In your free time, how often do you.. ...Feel bored?
Self Completion Q12b: In your free time, how often do you.. ...Feel rushed?
Self Completion Q12c: In your free time, how often do you.. ...Find yourself thinking about work?
Self Completion Q13: In your free time, do you prefer to be with other people or do you prefer to be by yourself?
Self Completion Q14a: Which of these things would you like to spend more time on/less time on/same amount of time on as now... Time in a paid job?
Self Completion Q14b: Which of these things would you like to spend more time on/less time on/same amount of time on as now... Time doing household work?
Self Completion Q14c: Which of these things would you like to spend more time on/less time on/same amount of time on as now... Time with your family?
Self Completion Q14d: Which of these things would you like to spend more time on/less time on/same amount of time on as now... Time in leisure activities?
Self Completion Q15: In the last 12 months, how many nights altogether did you stay away from home for holidays or social visits?
Self Completion Q16: In the last 12 months, how many days of leave from your work, if any, did you take altogether (do not include maternity or sick leaves or similar types of leave)?
Q17: most frequent sport - categories
Q17: sport or physical activity most frequently take part in
Self Completion Q18: Thinking about games rather than sports or physical activities, what type of game do you play most frequently?
Self Completion Q19a: Please indicate how important the following reasons are for you to take part in sports or games. For physical or mental health
Self Completion Q19b: Please indicate how important the following reasons are for you to take part in sports or games. To meet other people
Self Completion Q19c: Please indicate how important the following reasons are for you to take part in sports or games. To compete against others
Self Completion Q19d: Please indicate how important the following reasons are for you to take part in sports or games. To look good
Q20a: most frequent sport watched on TV - categories
Q20a: most frequent sport watched on TV
Q20b: second most frequent sport watched on TV - categories
Q20b: second most frequent sport watched on TV
Self Completion Q21: How proud are you when Northern Ireland does well at an international sports or games competition?
Self Completion Q22a: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements. Taking part in sports develops children s character
Self Completion Q22b: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements. There is too much sport on TV
Self Completion Q22c: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements. Sports bring different groups and races inside Northern Ireland closer together
Self Completion Q22d: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements. International sport competitions create more tension between countries than good feelings
Self Completion Q22e: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements. Northern Ireland s government should spend more money on sports
Self Completion Q23a: In the last 12 months, how often have you participated in the activities of one of the following associations/groups? A sports group
Self Completion Q23b: In the last 12 months, how often have you participated in the activities of one of the following associations/groups? A cultural group
Self Completion Q23c: In the last 12 months, how often have you participated in the activities of one of the following associations/groups? A church or other religious organisation
Self Completion Q23d: In the last 12 months, how often have you participated in the activities of one of the following associations/groups? A communtiy-service or civic group
Self Completion Q23e: In the last 12 months, how often have you participated in the activities of one of the following associations/groups? A political party or organisation
Self Completion Q24: Generally speaking, would you say that people can be trusted or that you can t be too careful in dealing with people
Self Completion Q25: How interested would you say you personally are in politics?
Self Completion Q26a: To what extent do the following conditions prevent you from doing the free time activities you would like to do? Lack of facilities nearby
Self Completion Q26b: To what extent do the following conditions prevent you from doing the free time activities you would like to do? Lack of money
Self Completion Q26c: To what extent do the following conditions prevent you from doing the free time activities you would like to do? Personal health, age or disability
Self Completion Q26d: To what extent do the following conditions prevent you from doing the free time activities you would like to do? Need to take care of soemone
Self Completion Q26e: To what extent do the following conditions prevent you from doing the free time activities you would like to do? Lack of time
Self Completion Q27: If you were to consider your life in general these days, how happy or unhappy would you say you are, on the whole...