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Northern Ireland Life and Times survey 2024: Results

The 2024 Northern Ireland Life and Times (NILT) survey was carried out between 6 September and 19 November 2024. 1,199 adults aged 18 years or over took part.

Click on the topics below to see all the questions asked on that topic in 2024. You can then link to tables and charts of results for each question.

Background
Climate Change
Community Relations
Community Safety
Criminal Justice
Education
Gender-based Violence
Income and Poverty
Minority Ethnic People
Political Attitudes
Respect
Safeguarding
Skills

Other resources

Acknowledgements

The NILT team would like to thank our colleagues and funders who contributed to the 2024 Life and Times Survey, in particular, The Executive Office, Department of Education, Department of Health, Department of Justice, Public Prosecution Service, and the Office of the Police Ombudsman. We would especially like to thank all the respondents to the survey.

The 2024 Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey received ethical approval from the Ethics Committee in the School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Social Work, Queen's University Belfast.

Publications

Economic Activity, Skills Development and Lifelong Learning in Northern Ireland (Research Update 167)

Faith in a time of climate chaos: Religion and attitudes to climate change (Research Update 166)

Bordering on a Poll? Attitudes in Northern Ireland on the Constitutional Question (Research Update 165)

The political climate: political parties and attitudes to climate change in Northern Ireland (Feature 22)

Assisted Dying: Who decides? (Policy Brief 37)

Everybody’s business? Adult safeguarding in Northern Ireland (Research Update 163)

Attitudes to Climate Change in Northern Ireland (Research Update 161)

Attitudes to Climate Change in Northern Ireland (video)

Citation

All work that uses or refers to the 2024 Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey should acknowledge it using the following bibliographic citation:

ARK. Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2024 [computer file]. ARK www.ark.ac.uk/nilt [distributor], May 2025