Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey - Results


Results by year

Clicking on one of the years below will display a list of all the topics asked in that year:

* NILT did not run in 2011, as we could not confirm the the funding in time for fieldwork to take place.


Results by topic

Clicking on a topic below will bring you to a list of all the questions asked on that topic over all years.

Abortion - asked in 2016 and 2018
Ageing and Ageism - asked in 2003, 2008, 2014 and 2017
Armed Forces - asked in 2017
Autism - asked in 2012
Background - asked in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023
Breastfeeding - asked in 2019
Coercive Control - asked in 2020
Community/Good Relations - asked in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023
Community Safety and Perceptions of Paramilitary Influence - asked in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023
Complementary Medicine - asked in 2005
COVID-19 - asked in 2020 and 2021
Countryside and Farming - asked in 2004
Crime and Fear of Crime - asked in 1998
Criminal Justice System - asked in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023
Culture, Arts and Leisure - asked in 2001
Data Sharing and Privacy - asked in 2015 (and 2020 COVID-19 module)
Dementia - asked in 2010 and 2014
Democratic Participation - asked in 2005
Disability - asked in 2003 and 2009
Education - asked in 1999, 2001 and 2003
Europe - asked in 2002
Environment - asked in 2000
Gender and Family Roles - asked in 1998, 2002 and 2005
Gender-based Violence - asked in 2022 and 2023
Genetics Research - asked in 1999
Grandparenting and Family Life - asked in 2004
Healthcare - asked in 2006
Health Issues - asked in 2001
Housing - asked in 1998
Identity - asked in 2007
Income and Poverty - asked in 2021, 2022 and 2023
Informal Carers - asked in 2006, 2010 and 2015
Leisure Time and Sport - asked in 2009
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Issues - asked in 2012, 2013 and 2018
Men's Life and Times - asked in 2000 and 2004
Mental Health - asked in 2021 and 2023
Minority Ethnic People - asked in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023
Palliative Care - asked in 2018 and 2022
Pensions and Pensioners - asked in 1999
Political Attitudes - asked in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023
Public Services - asked in 2007
Public Understanding of Science - asked in 1998
Religious Observance - asked in 1998, 2004 and 2008
Respect - asked in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023
Rights of the Child - asked in 1998 and 2002
Road Safety - asked in 2019 and 2023
Role of Government - asked in 2007
Sport and Social Exclusion - asked in 2013
Social Care for Older People - asked in 2010 and 2015
Social Inequality - asked in 1999
Social Networks - asked in 2001
Transport - asked in 1999
Women in Politics - asked in 2002
Welfare Reform - asked in 2000
Work Orientations - asked in 2000

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