Year: 2001
Module:Political Attitudes
Variable:IDENT1
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 - something that is very important to you when you think of yourself, what would it be?
|
% |
Working class | 21 |
British | 5 |
Elderly | 3 |
A woman/a man | 19 |
Not religious | 2 |
Irish | 4 |
A wife / a husband | 10 |
A Catholic | 3 |
A country person | 2 |
A city person | 0 |
A Protestant | 3 |
A mother / a father | 18 |
Middle class | 1 |
Retired | 1 |
Religious | 1 |
An ulsterman / an ulsterwoman | 1 |
A working person | 2 |
Young | 3 |
White | 1 |
Northern Irish | 1 |
Asian | 0 |
Unemployed | 0 |
Other | 1 |
None of these | 1 |
Don't know | 0 |
Go to results for men and women, people of different ages and people of different religions.
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Results for men and women
|
% |
| Male | Female |
Working class |
27 |
17 |
British |
8 |
4 |
Elderly |
1 |
3 |
A woman/a man |
15 |
22 |
Not religious |
2 |
1 |
Irish |
6 |
3 |
A wife / a husband |
10 |
9 |
A Catholic |
3 |
3 |
A country person |
2 |
2 |
A city person |
0 |
0 |
A Protestant |
3 |
2 |
A mother / a father |
10 |
24 |
Middle class |
1 |
1 |
Retired |
1 |
1 |
Religious |
1 |
1 |
An ulsterman / an ulsterwoman |
2 |
0 |
A working person |
2 |
1 |
Young |
2 |
3 |
White |
1 |
1 |
Northern Irish |
1 |
1 |
Asian |
0 |
0 |
Unemployed |
1 |
0 |
Other |
1 |
1 |
None of these |
0 |
1 |
Don't know |
0 |
0 |
Results for people of different ages
|
% |
| 18-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65+ |
Working class |
14 |
23 |
22 |
22 |
27 |
16 |
British |
6 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
5 |
10 |
Elderly |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
12 |
A woman/a man |
21 |
23 |
15 |
20 |
19 |
19 |
Not religious |
2 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
Irish |
7 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
7 |
2 |
A wife / a husband |
3 |
9 |
11 |
10 |
14 |
8 |
A Catholic |
5 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
A country person |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
A city person |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
A Protestant |
5 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
A mother / a father |
9 |
23 |
27 |
19 |
13 |
12 |
Middle class |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Retired |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
Religious |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
An ulsterman / an ulsterwoman |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
A working person |
3 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Young |
21 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
White |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Northern Irish |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
Asian |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Unemployed |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Other |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
None of these |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Don't know |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Results for people of different religions
|
% |
| Catholic | Protestant | No religion |
Working class |
23 |
19 |
23 |
British |
1 |
10 |
2 |
Elderly |
3 |
3 |
1 |
A woman/a man |
17 |
20 |
26 |
Not religious |
2 |
1 |
3 |
Irish |
9 |
1 |
4 |
A wife / a husband |
11 |
9 |
7 |
A Catholic |
8 |
0 |
0 |
A country person |
2 |
2 |
2 |
A city person |
1 |
0 |
0 |
A Protestant |
0 |
5 |
2 |
A mother / a father |
17 |
19 |
17 |
Middle class |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Retired |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Religious |
0 |
1 |
0 |
An ulsterman / an ulsterwoman |
0 |
2 |
0 |
A working person |
2 |
1 |
3 |
Young |
2 |
3 |
3 |
White |
1 |
1 |
2 |
Northern Irish |
0 |
2 |
1 |
Asian |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Unemployed |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Other |
0 |
1 |
1 |
None of these |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Don't know |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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