Identification
A1 How many people are there in your household?
RECORD gender
What is your age?
Age of respondent (categorised)
RECORD gender HOUSEHOLD MEMBER 2
What is age of HOUSEHOLD MEMBER 2?
Person 2 age - recoded
Relationship to you (the respondent)? HOUSEHOLD MEMBER 2
RECORD gender HOUSEHOLD MEMBER 3
What is age of HOUSEHOLD MEMBER 3?
Person 3 age - recoded
Relationship to you (the respondent)? HOUSEHOLD MEMBER 3
RECORD gender HOUSEHOLD MEMBER 4
What is age of HOUSEHOLD MEMBER 4?
Person 4 age - recoded
Relationship to you (the respondent)? HOUSEHOLD MEMBER 4
RECORD gender HOUSEHOLD MEMBER 5
What is age of HOUSEHOLD MEMBER 5?
Person 5 age - recoded
Relationship to you (the respondent)? HOUSEHOLD MEMBER 5
RECORD gender HOUSEHOLD MEMBER 6
What is age of HOUSEHOLD MEMBER 6?
Person 6 age - recoded
Relationship to you (the respondent)? HOUSEHOLD MEMBER 6
RECORD gender HOUSEHOLD MEMBER 7
What is age of HOUSEHOLD MEMBER 7?
Person 7 age - recoded
Relationship to you (the respondent)? HOUSEHOLD MEMBER 7
RECORD gender HOUSEHOLD MEMBER 8
What is age of HOUSEHOLD MEMBER 8?
Person 8 age - recoded
Relationship to you (the respondent)? HOUSEHOLD MEMBER 8
RECORD gender HOUSEHOLD MEMBER 9
What is age of HOUSEHOLD MEMBER 9?
Person 9 age - recoded
What is age of HOUSEHOLD MEMBER 10?
RECORD gender HOUSEHOLD MEMBER 10
Person 10 age - recoded
Relationship to you (the respondent)? HOUSEHOLD MEMBER 10
A2 Are you... CODE FIRST TO APPLY
A2a  Living with someone in this household as a couple
A3 How long have you lived in the town (city, village) where you live now?
A4 Would you describe the place where you live as...
A5a Ever lived outside of Northern Ireland for more than six months?
A5b Lived elsewhere in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland or outside th
A6 Over the last year or so, has your household's income...
A7 Internet or World Wide Web access from this address
A8 Use of internet or World Wide Web for any reason (other than work)
B1 Consider yourself to be a member of a minority ethnic community
B3 Is there a lot of prejudice against people from minority ethnic communities i
B4 Generally is there more racial prejudice in Northern Ireland now than there w
B5 Will there be more, less or about the same amount of racial prejudice in Nort
B6 Agree or disagree with the statement, "In relation to colour and ethnicity, I
B7 Do you agree with the following statements about Irish Travellers? Would you
B8 Do you agree with the following statements about people from Eastern Europe?
B9 Do you agree with the following statements about people of other ethnic group
B11 Do you agree with the following statements about people belonging to the Isl
B12a. How often do you come into direct contact with Irish Travellers?
B12b. How often do you come into direct contact with Eastern Europeans?
B12c. How often do you come into direct contact with other minority ethnic group
B12d How often do you come into direct contact with Muslims?
B13Thinking of the group that you have most contact with, would it usually be...
B14 Would you describe yourself as very prejudiced against people of minority et
B15 Some people say that if they feel they are prejudiced, they try to overcome
B16 How welcome is being free to live and work in any other part of the EU to yo
B17 How welcome is the fact that other EU citizens are free to live and work in
B18 Do you consider yourself to be a migrant worker?
B19 How good or bad do you think the settlement of migrants in the last ten year
B20 Is it generally bad or good for Northern Ireland's economy that migrants com
B21 Is Northern Ireland's cultural life generally undermined or enriched by migr
B22a True or false: Migrants from Eastern European countries in the EU like Pola
B22 True or false: Migrants from Commonwealth countries like India and Pakistan
B23 Which of these statements comes closest to your view?
B24 Do you agree or disagree asylum seekers who have suffered persecution in the
B25a On average, it takes six months for a decision to be made on an asylum appl
B25b Do you agree or disagree that asylum seekers should be able to work in the
B26 Which of the following statements comes closest to your view?
B27 How many applications from asylum seekers do you think the UK receives?
B28 Do you think the number of immigrants to Northern Ireland should be...
C1 Have you ever heard of autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder or Asperger's Syndrom
C2 Have you ever heard of the Autism Act (Northern Ireland) 2011?
Know someone with autism - derived variable
C3a Is this person a child or an adult?
C6 How common do you think autism is in our society today?
C7a Do you think people with autism have a brain disorder?
C7b Do you think people with autism have a mental illness?
C7c Do you think people with autism have a behavioural problem?
C7d Do you think people with autism have a type of learning disability?
C7e Do you think people with autism have special abilities, for example in maths
C8a Do you agree or disagree that autism is caused by vaccines like MMR?
C8b Do you agree or disagree that autism is caused by something in the environme
C8c Do you agree or disagree that autism can be inherited?
C8d Do you agree or disagree that autism is caused by poor parenting skills?
C9a Do you agree or disagree there are drug treatments that are effective in hel
C9b Do you agree or disagree there are behavioural interventions that are effect
C9c Do you agree or disagree there are other non-drug related therapies and supp
C9d Do you agree or disagree there is nothing that can help with autism?
C9e Do you agree or disagree people with autism do not need help?
C10a Do you think people with autism can work as a Member of Parliament or Assem
C10b Do you think people with autism can work as a computer programmer?
C10c Do you think people with autism can work as an artist/musician?
C10d Do you think people with autism can work as a waiter or waitress?
C10e Do you think people with autism can work as a doctor?
C10f Do you think people with autism can stack shelves in a supermarket?
C10g Do you think people with autism can work as a lawyer?
C10h Do you think people with autism can work as a labourer on a building site?
C10i Do you think people with autism can work in sheltered employment in a day c
C11a Would you personally feel comfortable or uncomfortable if an adult with aut
C11b Would you personally feel comfortable or uncomfortable if one of your close
C11c Would you personally feel comfortable or uncomfortable if an adult with aut
C11d Would you personally feel comfortable or uncomfortable if an adult with aut
C12a Would you be comfortable or uncomfortable if a family who had a child with
C12b Would you be comfortable or uncomfortable if a child with autism was in cla
C13 If a supermarket employed people who have autism would you be...
C14 Would you say that you have had a lot of contact, a little contact or no con
C15a Do you agree or disagree autism is a life-long disability and you can do no
C15b Do you agree or disagree when someone has autism their own choices are not
C15c It is better for people with severe autism if they are cared for in a resid
C15d Do you agree or disagree it is better for the family of someone with autism
C16a Should an adult with high functioning autism be encouraged to live independ
C16b Should an adult with high functioning autism be allowed to drive if they pa
C17 Do you think that a child with autism has an educational problem or a health
D1 Are relations between Protestants and Catholics better than they were 5 years
D2 In 5 years time do you think relations between Protestants and Catholics will
D3 Would you prefer to live in a neighbourhood with people of only your own reli
D4 Would you prefer a workplace with people of only your own religion, or a mixe
D5 Would you prefer to send your children to a school with children of only your
D6  Can I just check, do you have school age children?
D7 What are some of the reasons that helped to decide which school(s) your child
D8 Which of these best describes the way you think of yourself?
D9 Would most people in Northern Ireland mind or not mind if one of their close
D10 Personally, would you mind or not mind?
D11 Has there been any time in the last year when you personally have felt intim
D12 Has there been any time in the last year when you personally have felt annoy
D13 Do you think there are more republican murals and flags on display these day
D14 Has there been any time in the last year when you personally have felt intim
D15 Has there been any time in the last year when you personally have felt annoy
D16 Are there more loyalist murals and flags on display these days than there we
D17 Would you, or do you ,support flag flying on lampposts in your own neighbour
D18 Is there a strong sense of community or a weak sense of community among peop
D19 Do you feel a sense of belonging to that community?
D20 What are some of the reasons why you decided to live in this area? - It's ea
D20 What are some of the reasons why you decided to live in this area? - Near fa
D20 What are some of the reasons why you decided to live in this area? - I've al
D20 What are some of the reasons why you decided to live in this area? - Afforda
D20 What are some of the reasons why you decided to live in this area? - Good qu
D20 What are some of the reasons why you decided to live in this area? - Near sh
D20 What are some of the reasons why you decided to live in this area? - It's a
D20 What are some of the reasons why you decided to live in this area? - It's ru
D20 What are some of the reasons why you decided to live in this area? - It's ur
D20 What are some of the reasons why you decided to live in this area? - There i
D20 What are some of the reasons why you decided to live in this area? - I had n
D20 What are some of the reasons why you decided to live in this area? - Somethi
D20 What are some of the reasons why you decided to live in this area? - Don't k
D21 Would you say in this area that Protestants and Catholics tend to go to diff
D22 Would you mind if you had to move to a GP surgery that was in a mainly Catho
D23 Would you mind if you had to move to a GP surgery that was in a mainly Prote
D24a  Do you think that leisure centres in this area are 'shared and open' to bo
D24b Do you think that parks in this area are 'shared and open' to both Protesta
D24c Do you think that libraries in this area are 'shared and open' to both Prot
D24d Do you think that pubs in this area are 'shared and open' to both Protestan
D25a How safe do you think you would you feel going to an event if it was to be
D25b How safe do you think you would you feel going to an event if it was to be
D25c How safe do you think you would you feel going to an event if it was to be
D25d How safe do you think you would you feel going to an event if it was to be
D26 Have you ever been put off going to an event because you felt that people of
D27 During the last year have you ever avoided using public transport to get som
D28 If applying for a job would you avoid workplaces situated in a mainly Protes
D29 If applying for a job would you avoid workplaces situated in a mainly Cathol
D30 How many of your friends would you say are the same religion as you?
D31 How many of your neighbours are the same religion as you?
D32 How much do you understand about the Catholic community's culture and tradit
D33 How much do you understand about the Protestant community's culture and trad
D34 How much respect do you have for the Catholic community's culture and tradit
D35 And how much respect do you have for the Protestant community's culture and
D36a Has this idea been achieved...Northern Ireland is a normal civic society in
D36b Has this idea been achieved...Northern Ireland is a place free from display
D36c Has this idea been achieved...Towns and city centres in Northern Ireland ar
D36d Has this idea been achieved...Schools in Northern Ireland are effective at
D36e Has this idea been achieved...Schools in Northern Ireland are effective at
D36f Has this idea been achieved...The government is actively encouraging integr
D36g Has this idea been achieved...The government is actively encouraging school
D36h Has this idea been achieved...The government is actively encouraging shared
D37 Are any of these groups generally treated unfairly when compared with other
E1a Do you think Catholics (EQPAST1) are generally treated better than they were
E1b Do you think Protestants (EQPAST2) are generally treated better than they we
E1c Do you think gays/lesbians/bi-sexuals (EQPAST3) are generally treated better
E1d Do you think the disabled (EQPAST4) are generally treated better than they w
E1e Do you think the elderly (EQPAST5) are generally treated better than they we
E1f Do you think travellers (EQPAST6) are generally treated better than they wer
E1g Do you think other ethnic minorities (EQPAST7)are generally treated better t
E1h Do you think women (EQPAST8) are generally treated better than they were fiv
E1i Do you think men (EQPAST9) are generally treated better than they were five
E1j Do you think transgender people (EQPAST11)  are generally treated better tha
E1k Do you think children (EQPAST10)  are generally treated better than they wer
E2 Would you describe yourself as very prejudiced against gay men, a little prej
E2a Some people say that even if they feel they are prejudiced, they try to over
E3 Would you describe yourself as very prejudiced against lesbians, a little pre
E3a Some people say that even if they feel they are prejudiced, they try to over
E4a How comfortable would you feel  if a work colleague was gay or lesbian?
E4b  How comfortable would you feel  if your MP was gay or lesbian?
E4c How comfortable would you feel  if your boss in a new job was gay or lesbian
E4d How comfortable would you feel  if a close friend was gay or lesbian?
E4e How comfortable would you feel  if your brother or sister was gay or lesbian
E4f How comfortable would you feel  if another relative was gay or lesbian?
E4g How comfortable would you feel  if someone that you manage in a new job was
E4h How comfortable would you feel  if your GP was gay or lesbian?
E4i How comfortable would you feel  if your child was gay or lesbian?
E4j How comfortable would you feel  if your child's teacher was gay or lesbian?
E4k How comfortable would you feel  if your local religious representative was g
E5a Do you agree or disagree gay men should be able to express who and what they
E5b Do you agree or disagree you would find it offensive to see two men holding
E5c Do you agree or disagree lesbians should be able to express who and what the
E5d Do you agree or disagree you would find it offensive to see two women holdin
E6a Do you think that there should be more or less same-sex couples appearing in
E6b Do you think that there should be more or less same-sex couples appearing in
E6c Do you think that there should be more or less gay pride marches?
E7 Should marriages between same-sex couples be recognized by the law as valid,
E8 Should schools have to teach about equality for gay men and lesbians with oth
E9 Should clubs and bars be allowed to refuse entry to a couple because they are
E10 Do you think that gay clubs should be allowed to refuse entry to a couple be
E11a Does a lesbian couple with a child count as 'a family'?
E11b Does a gay couple with a child count as 'a family'?
E11c Does a heterosexual lone mother with a child count as 'a family'?
E11d Does a lesbian lone mother with a child count as 'a family'?
E11e Does a heterosexual lone father with a child count as 'a family'?
E11f Does a gay lone father with a child count as 'a family'?
E11g Does an unmarried heterosexual couple with a child count as 'a family'?
E11h Does a married heterosexual couple with a child count as 'a family'?
E12 Which of these two statements comes closest to your own view?
E13 Do you think people who are gay or lesbian are still not treated equally in
F1c IF YES AT F1a OR F1b: Which one? IF NO/DON'T KNOW AT F1b: If there were a ge
F2 Which, if any, of the following best describes how you see yourself?
F3 Do you think of yourself as a unionist, a nationalist or neither?
F3a Would you call yourself a very strong (F3) , fairly strong, or not very stro
F4 At any time in the next 20 years, do you think it is likely or unlikely that
F5 Do you think the long-term policy for Northern Ireland should be for it...
F5a If the majority of people in Northern Ireland ever voted to become part of a
F5b If the majority of people in Northern Ireland never voted to become part of
F6 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Northern Ireland MLAs are doin
F7 Do you think that having a Northern Ireland Assembly is giving ordinary peopl
F8 Do you think that the Northern Ireland Assembly has achieved...
G1 In which of these ways do you (or your family) occupy this accommodation?
G2 Does the accommodation go with the job of anyone in the household?
G3 Who is your landlord
G4 Is the accommodation provided..
G5 And can I just check, do you have any (other) children aged 16 or under not l
G6 What is the highest level of qualification that you have passed?
G7 How old were you when you completed your continuous full-time education?
Employment status - derived variable
Respondent in paid employment - derived
Respondent economically active - derived variable
G9g What was the main reason you did not seek any work in the last 4 weeks (woul
G11 Are/Were you working as an employee or are/were you self-employed?
G12 In your job, do/did you have formal responsibility for supervising the work
G12a How many people do/did you manage or supervise?
G12b And do/did you work in the public, private or voluntary sector?
G10a In your (main) job were you working:
Number of hours worked per week
G9h Have you ever had a paid job, apart from casual employment or holiday work?
Partner in paid employment - derived
Partner economically active - derived variable
G16g What was the main reason your partner/husband/wife did not seek any work in
G18 Was your partner/husband/wife working as an employee or were they self-emplo
G19 In their job, does your partner/husband/wife have formal responsibility for
G19a How many people does/did your partner/husband/wife manage or supervise?
G19b And does/did your partner/husband/wife work in the public, private or volun
G17a In their (main) job was your partner/husband/wife working:
Number of hours worked per week by partner
NS SEC- RESPONDENT
NS SEC- PARTNER
G22 May I just check, are you now a member of a trade union or staff association
G22a Have you ever been a member of a trade union or staff association?
Religion - recoded
Religion brought up in - recoded
Partner religion - recoded
G26 Apart from special occasions such as weddings, funerals, baptisms and so on,
G27 Did you ever attend a mixed or integrated school in Northern Ireland.  That
G28 Was this a formally integrated school or was it a school that was just fairl
G29 How much contact did you have with the other main religious community before
G30 Has any child in your care ever attended a mixed or integrated school in Nor
G31 Is there anyone living with you who is sick, disabled or elderly whom you lo
G32 What about people not living with you, do you provide some regular service o
G33 Do you have any physical or mental health conditions or illnesses lasting or
G34 Does your condition or illness/do any of your conditions or illnesses reduce
G35 What is your personal income before tax and national insurance contributions
G36 What is your total income of your household from all sources before tax and
S1a Do you agree or disagree that people from minority ethnic communities are le
S1b Do you agree or disagree that you personally know quite a bit about the cult
S1c Do you agree or disagree that the culture of Irish Travellers is more respec
S2a How much do you think that people from minority ethnic communities participa
S2b How much do you think that people from minority ethnic communities participa
S2c How much do you think that people from minority ethnic communities participa
S2d How much do you think that people from minority ethnic communities participa
S2e How much do you think that people from minority ethnic communities participa
S3 How much do you agree or disagree that organisations and leaders in public li
S4 Which comes closest to your views?
S5a. Are you in favour of more mixing or more separation in primary schools?
S5b. Are you in favour of more mixing or more separation in secondary and gramma
S5c. Are you in favour of more mixing or more separation where people live?
S5d. Are you in favour of more mixing or more separation where people work?
S5e. And are you in favour of more mixing or more separation in people's leisure
S5f. And are you in favour of more mixing or more separation in people's marriag
S6 Who usually puts up Union flags on lampposts? - Town councils (ULAMP1)
S6 Who usually puts up Union flags on lampposts? - Political parties (ULAMP2)
S6 Who usually puts up Union flags on lampposts? - Cultural groups (ULAMP3)
S6 Who usually puts up Union flags on lampposts? - Paramilitary groups (ULAMP4)
S6 Who usually puts up Union flags on lampposts? - Other community groups (ULAMP
S6 Who usually puts up Union flags on lampposts? - Isolated individuals (ULAMP6)
S6 Who usually puts up Union flags on lampposts? - Can't choose (ULAMPDK)
S7 Who usually puts up Irish Tricolour flags on lampposts?  - Town councils (TRI
S7 Who usually puts up Irish Tricolour flags on lampposts?  - Political parties
S7 Who usually puts up Irish Tricolour flags on lampposts?  - Cultural groups (T
S7 Who usually puts up Irish Tricolour flags on lampposts?  - Paramilitary group
S7 Who usually puts up Irish Tricolour flags on lampposts?  - Other community gr
S7 Who usually puts up Irish Tricolour flags on lampposts?  - Isolated individua
S7 Who usually puts up Irish Tricolour flags on lampposts?  - Can't choose (TRIL
S8 When do you think it is legitimate to display Union flags on main streets?
S9 When do you think it is legitimate to display Irish Tricolours on main street
S10 Would you be less willing to shop in neighbourhoods with displays of loyalis
S11 Would you be less willing to shop in neighbourhoods with displays of republi
S12 Have there been any riots or sectarian troubles in this neighbourhood in the
S13 In your opinion, what is the main reason that some people get involved in ri
S14 Do you think it is wrong or not wrong if a man and a woman have sexual relat
S15 What about a married person having sexual relations with someone other than
S16 What about sexual relations between two adults of the same sex, is it?
S17 Do you personally know anyone who is gay or lesbian? - No, I don't know anyo
S17 Do you personally know anyone who is gay or lesbian? - Yes-a member of my fa
S17 Do you personally know anyone who is gay or lesbian? - Yes-a friend I know f
S17 Do you personally know anyone who is gay or lesbian? - Yes-someone I do not
S17 Do you personally know anyone who is gay or lesbian? - Yes-someone at my wor
S17 Do you personally know anyone who is gay or lesbian? - Yes-someone else (GLE
S17 Do you personally know anyone who is gay or lesbian? - Not sure (GLDK)
S18 Have any of your friends called someone names to their face because they saw
S19 Have you ever called someone names to their face because you saw them as gay
S20 Do you approve or disapprove of allowing lesbian couples to adopt children?
S21 Do you approve or disapprove of allowing two gay men to adopt children?
S22 Do you think that lesbians who want to have a child themselves should have a
S23 Do you personally know anyone who is transgender?  - No, I don't know anyone
S23 Do you personally know anyone who is transgender?  - Yes- a member of my fam
S23 Do you personally know anyone who is transgender?  - Yes- a friend I know fa
S23 Do you personally know anyone who is transgender?  - Yes- someone I do not k
S23 Do you personally know anyone who is transgender?  - Yes- someone at work (T
S23 Do you personally know anyone who is transgender?  - Yes- someone else (TGEL
S23 Do you personally know anyone who is transgender?  - Not sure (TGDK)
S24 Considering life in general these days would you say you are on the whole...
S25 Would you say that your health over the last 12 months has on the whole been
Weight based on adult household size