Year: 1998
Module:Community Relations
Variable:IDENT3
Some people say that whether they feel British or Irish is not as important as other things about them, other people say that their national identity is the key to who they are.

If you had to pick just one thing from this list to describe yourself, what would the third most important thing be?

 

%

Working class

11

British

4

Elderly

2

A woman

7

Not a religious person

3

Irish

3

A wife

6

A catholic

5

A countryman / countrywoman

4

A protestant

6

A mother

7

Middle class

3

A father

5

A man

4

A religious person

3

An ulsterman / ulsterwoman

3

A husband

5

Young

5

A white person

3

Northern irish

5

A city person

1

Other

2

Dont know

4

 

Go to results for men and women, people of different ages and people of different religions.

Go to technical notes

 

 

Results for men and women

 

%

 

Male

Female

Working class

10

12

British

4

3

Elderly

2

1

A woman

0

13

Not a religious person

3

3

Irish

3

4

A wife

0

11

A catholic

5

5

A countryman / countrywoman

4

4

A protestant

7

5

A mother

1

12

Middle class

4

3

A father

10

0

A man

9

0

A religious person

3

3

An ulsterman / ulsterwoman

4

3

A husband

10

0

Young

5

5

A white person

3

3

Northern irish

6

5

A city person

1

1

Other

2

2

Dont know

4

3

  

 

Results for people of different ages

 

%

 

18-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65+

Working class

9

10

15

11

9

9

British

1

4

5

4

6

3

Elderly

0

0

0

0

1

10

A woman

8

5

7

7

6

7

Not a religious person

2

5

4

2

4

1

Irish

4

4

1

6

2

2

A wife

1

4

10

9

6

3

A catholic

6

6

3

5

5

5

A countryman / countrywoman

3

3

4

5

3

7

A protestant

4

6

3

5

9

7

A mother

2

7

8

6

8

9

Middle class

1

3

4

3

5

4

A father

0

5

8

5

6

7

A man

7

4

4

4

6

3

A religious person

1

3

2

5

4

4

An ulsterman / ulsterwoman

2

3

3

4

5

2

A husband

0

3

9

7

5

4

Young

19

12

2

0

0

0

A white person

7

3

4

2

1

0

Northern irish

11

5

2

6

5

5

A city person

1

2

1

0

1

1

Other

3

2

1

3

1

1

Dont know

6

3

2

2

2

6

 

  

Results for people of different religions

 

%

 

Catholic

Protestant

No religion

Working class

14

9

7

British

0

7

3

Elderly

2

2

0

A woman

7

7

5

Not a religious person

1

2

17

Irish

8

0

2

A wife

6

5

7

A catholic

13

0

0

A countryman / countrywoman

5

4

2

A protestant

0

11

2

A mother

7

7

4

Middle class

3

4

2

A father

5

5

7

A man

5

4

6

A religious person

2

4

1

An ulsterman / ulsterwoman

0

6

2

A husband

5

5

7

Young

8

3

6

A white person

2

4

4

Northern irish

4

7

2

A city person

0

1

3

Other

0

3

5

Dont know

4

3

5

 

| NILT Homepage | Module Listing | Variable Index |

Disclaimer:© ARK 2003 Last Updated on Friday, 09-May-2003 15:08