Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey 2010

Module: Political Attitudes

This page lists the questionlists the questions asked within the Political Attitudes module in 2010. Clicking on the question name printed to the left of every question will bring you to the tables of results for that question. Publications and further information on Political Attitudes can be found on the Political Attitudes Resources page.

POLPART2: Political party support

UNINATID: Do you think of yourself as a unionist, a nationalist or neither?

UNINATST: Are you a very strong (unionist/nationalist)?

NIRELND2: What do you think the long-term policy for Northern Ireland should be?

FUTURE1: How would you feel if the majority of people in Northern Ireland ever voted to become part of a united Ireland?

FUTURE2: How would you feel if the majority of people in Northern Ireland never voted to become part of a united Ireland?

SATMLAS: Are you satisfied with the way Northern Ireland MLAs are doing their job?

PUBVOICE: Is the Assembly is giving ordinary people more say in how N Ireland is governed?

AACHIEVE: How much has the N Ireland Assembly achieved?

VOTEDNIA: Did you vote in the last Northern Ireland Assembly election (May 2007)?

NEXTNIA: Are you like to vote in next NI Assembly Election (May 2011)?

YNOTVOTE: Why are you not going to vote in the next NI Assembly Election?

NIARUN1: Does current Assembly system mean nothing gets done?

NIARUN2: Is current Assembly system fairer because power is shared out?

NIARUN3: Is current Assembly system mean there is no opposition and there is no criticism of government decisions?

NIARUN4: Is current Assembly system better as all parties are in government and no party dominates.

NIARUN5: Would it be better if the party with most seats went into government?

MLADECL1: Does having MLAs declaring if they are unionist or nationalist mean we are stuck in sectarian camps?

MLADECL2: Is having MLAs declaring if they are unionist or nationalist a good system as we can see which side they are on?

MLADECL3: Is having MLAs declaring if they are unionist or nationalist a good system because we can see if big decisions are getting cross-community support?

NIGOVDO1: What is the most important thing for the government in Northern Ireland to be doing?

NIGOVDO2: What is the second most important thing for the government in Northern Ireland to be doing?

CORNER: Is it the job of our politicians to fight the corner for the community that they come from?

COMPREC: Should our politicians be working with others in different communities so that there is compromise and reconciliation?

DIVNATUN: Is the most important thing to bear in mind throughout all the issues facing Northern Ireland the divide between nationalists and unionists?

DIVRCHPR: Is the most important thing to bear in mind throughout all the issues facing Northern Ireland the divide between the rich and the poor?

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